CHICAGO (WLS) -- The long lines at polling places in the weeks leading up to the election suggested high voter turnout, and Chicago election officials early on said they expected near record numbers.

Just 10% of roughly 1,400 Chicago adults surveyed by NORC at the University of Chicago could name their school board ...

The Chicago Board of Election Commissioners had previously argued that the state’s election code barred its employees from forming a union. But the law shouldn’t be read that way, administrative law ...

It's primary Election Day for a number of Chicago suburbs Tuesday. Early voting for the 2025 consolidated primary election, taking place in multiple communities across the Chicago area, began earlier ...

Chicago has a new elected school board. Voters cast more than 833,000 votes for 31 candidates to elect 10 school board members to represent 10 districts throughout the city. The nonpartisan races were ...

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The Chicago Board of Elections has big hopes to double the number of vote centers for future elections after voters faced long lines, but looming budget crises are prompting some City Council members ...

Numerous communities are holding primary elections Tuesday, with some of the biggest cities in the state heading to the polls. Voters in Aurora, the second-largest city in Illinois, and Waukegan, the ...

Illinois Elections Board staff recommended Senate President Don Harmon’s campaign committee be fined $9.8 million for campaign fundraising violations but the penalty was not imposed because ...