Voter Eligibility
Voting Methods
Important Dates
Plan Your Vote Resources
Election Central
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This is the minimum age a U.S. citizen must be to vote in a general election.

What is 18?

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This method allows voters to cast their ballots without going to a polling location on Election Day.

What is mail-in voting?

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This is the last day to register to vote online in Illinois for the 2024 General Election.

What was October 20, 2024?

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By using your voice remote, you can do this to access the Plan Your Vote QR code.

What is say "Plan Your Vote"?

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By saying this phrase into your Xfinity voice remote, you can access the latest news on national elections.

What is “Election Central”?

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In Illinois, these are the two main requirements to register to vote.

What are being a U.S. citizen and an Illinois resident for at least 30 days?

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This type of voting allows Illinois voters to cast their ballots before Election Day at designated locations.

What is early voting?

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You must request a mail-in ballot by this date for the 2024 General Election in Illinois.

What is October 31, 2024?

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The QR code for Plan Your Vote links you directly to this resource.

  1. What is NBC’s Plan Your Vote website?
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This year, Comcast provided the largest bilingual collection of programming on Election Central to keep voters informed.

What is 2020?

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This group of people is allowed to vote, provided they meet state requirements, even though they live outside the United States.

Who are U.S. citizens living abroad?

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If you want to vote by mail in Illinois, you must request your mail-in ballot by this deadline.

What is 5 days before Election Day?

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Election Day for the 2024 General Election falls on this date.

What is November 5, 2024?

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NBC’s Plan Your Vote provides this type of guide to make it easy to find voting information for each state.

What is a bilingual state-by-state guide?

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Election Central is available on these two streaming platforms in addition to X1 and Flex.

What are Xumo TV and Xumo Stream Box?

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In Illinois, people convicted of a felony regain their right to vote at this time.

What is after they are released from prison?

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In Illinois, early voting begins this many days before the election.

What is 40 days?

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This is the last day Illinois voters can vote early in person before Election Day.

What is November 4, 2024?

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This is how often the Plan Your Vote resource will be updated with new voting information for the 2024 election season.

What is frequently throughout the election season?

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This platform first launched in 2012 as a go-to source for information on national elections.

What is Election Central?

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In most states, including Illinois, you need this form of identification to register to vote online.

What is a driver’s license or state ID number?

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For voters with disabilities, Illinois offers these two voting options to ensure accessibility.

What are curbside voting and mail-in voting with assistance?

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This is the final deadline for mail-in ballots to be postmarked in Illinois for the 2024 General Election.

What is November 5, 2024 (Election Day)?

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The Plan Your Vote tool can provide critical updates from these officials.

Who are state election officials?

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In 2020, for the first time, customers could say this into their Xfinity Voice Remote to access state-specific voting information from Vote.gov.

What is "How to vote"?