Voting In Lemont: Everything You Need To Know

LEMONT, IL — If you haven't yet voted by mail or early in-person, there are several polling stations around Lemont on Election Day. The polls are open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Lemont Township did have a mail-in voting drop box installed, but it will be unavailable on Election Day. If you want to drop off your mail-in ballot on Election Day, you will have to utilize one of the seven Election Day super site voting locations (there is not one in Lemont).

The Clerk’s Election Day Super Sites will be located at each suburban Cook County Courthouse, the County Administration Building at 69 W. Washington in Chicago, and a first-ever Super Site location at Chicago’s Union Station. Like all local precinct voting locations, the Super Sites will be open on Election Day from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.

You can return to Patch on Election Night for results.

To find out your polling place or view your sample ballot and see all the races on the ballot, including judge openings, go to the county clerk's website.

In addition to voting on president, some state and local races, voters are also being asked to vote on the Graduated Income Tax Amendment.

• A "yes" vote supports repealing the state's constitutional requirement that the state personal income tax be a flat rate and instead allow the state to enact legislation for a graduated income tax.
• A "no" vote opposes this constitutional amendment, thus continuing to require that the state personal income tax be a flat rate and prohibit a graduated income tax.

Cook County races include:

• Cook County State's Attorney: Kim Foxx, Patrick 'Pat' O'Brien, or Brian Deenehy
• Clerk of the Circuit Court: Iris Martinez or Barbara Bellar

Lemont voters will also see a local referendum question from District 113A on their ballot. The referendum will ask voters to approve a 29 cent operating rate increase, but voters' property taxes would not increase, according to a release from the district.

If approved, the funds would allow the district to reopen Central School, add full-day kindergarten, reduce class sizes and add teachers and staff. According to a release, the district would also purchase important classroom and curricular materials, enhance student security and safety and provide additional student support services, including social workers, guidance counselors and psychologists.

The question will read:

Shall the limiting rate under the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law for Lemont-Bromberek Combined School District 113A, Cook and DuPage Counties, Illinois be increased by an additional amount equal to 0.2900% above the limiting rate for school purposes for levy year 2019 and be equal to 2.124% of the equalized assessed value of the taxable property therein for levy year 2020?" 1) The approximate amount of taxes extendable at the most recently extended limiting rate is $22,112,851 and the approximate amount of taxes extendable if the proposition is approved is $25,609,431. 2) For the 2020 levy year the approximate amount of the additional tax extendable against property containing a single-family residence and having a fair market value at the time of the referendum of $100,000 is estimated to be $96.57 for DuPage County and $84.56 for Cook County. 3) If the proposition is approved, the aggregate extension for 2020 will be determined by the limiting rate set forth in the proposition, rather than the otherwise applicable limiting rate calculated under the provisions of the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law (commonly known as the Property Tax Cap Law).

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