How to vote in the November 2026 Illinois general election
Voting is underway for the 2026 Illinois general election. Chicago voters will elect a school board president and 20 board members for the first time, alongside various state and local races.
Voting is underway in Illinois for the 2026 general election.For Chicagoans, at stake will be the election of a Chicago Public Schools board president — a race that features attorney Victor Henderson, Jessica Biggs, a former CPS principal, and Hilario Dominguez, a former CTU deputy political director. Also on the ballot are all 20 seats for the city’s Board of Education. It marks the first time the entire CPS board will be elected by the city’s voters.As for non-CPS races, on the ballot will…
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