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Some last-minute tips!

• If you have a Vote-By-Mail ballot, please remember that, due to a recent USPS change, your ballot must be postmarked by Election Day but will NOT be postmarked the day you mail it unless you request postmarking by hand by a Post Office clerk. Otherwise, please use a dropbox at any Early Voting location or at any polling place on Election Day.
• If you decide not to use your Vote-By-Mail ballot for any reason, bring it to an early voting location or polling place with its official envelope and vote in person.
• You may still register to vote at any polling place during Early Voting or on Election Day. You’ll need two forms of identification, one of which must show your current address (such as a utility bill).
• If you are not allowed to vote for any reason, you may still submit a Provisional Ballot (info at vote.ltdo.org/provisional).
• Note that the information in the State Central Committeeperson race is extremely misleading. You must vote for one woman and one man. Details here.
• Official sample ballots are available at go.ltdo.org/ballots.
• You may still Early Vote through Monday, March 16th, at any of these locations go.ltdo.org/early.

In an effort to be more inclusive in regards to gender in the Democratic State Central Committeeperson’s race I think they have unfortunately made this EXTREMELY confusing on the ballot for ALL the voters of Illinois.

The Democratic State Central Committeeperson is ONE Female and One Male ONLY for EACH Congressional District in Illinois. They are your representation to the Illinois Democratic STATE PARTY. It is a very powerful political position because they determine the Chair of the Illinois State Democratic Party.

They used to appear on the ballot separately by gender; however, now they are included all together, and the voter is told to simply “vote for no more than two” You can NOT vote for Two Females or Two Males. You MUST select one from each gender. That is the State Law for this race. In the past they were separated on your ballot by gender.

Telling voters to “vote for no more than two” is where the confusion comes in, misleads voters, and will render their votes INVALID in this race if they select two candidates of the same gender which is very likely to happen. Then neither candidate will get that vote.

I get what they are trying to do here in this race; however, this is not inclusive anyway because I believe you have to register as one gender or the other in this race. Only one person from each gender with the top votes can win.

Now that I have confused myself with this post, I truly hope this helps make sense of your ballots in Illinois and you know to vote for ONE FEMALE AND ONE MALE in this race. 🤪

(In the event a Non- Binary candidate runs, only then do the top two candidates with the most votes win. I am unaware of such candidate at this time on the Illinois ballot in either party. It is unclear how that will work exactly.)