For the first time in this month's primary election, Cook County Jail is its own polling precinct. Last year, Governor J.B. Pritzker signed a law making the Cook County Jail a new polling station for Chicago, allowing ballot access for pretrial detainees. The new law, which was vetoed by Bruce Rauner in 2018, took effect on January 1, 2020. The law states that jails in counties of more than 3 million people are allowed to host a temporary polling place for those eligible to vote. This law only applies to Cook County for now. The other counties (101 total) in Illinois will continue to use mail-in ballots.
Illinois votes Wednesday, March 17th with early voting starting today. With a large pool of Democratic Presidential candidates to choose from this year. Illinois' 155 pledged delegates could mean the difference in being on the ballot in November or not. Here are some answers to common voting questions ahead of "Super Tuesday." This year our vote matters more than ever.
