Get Registered before its too late!

Every year, I face a chagrined person who really "meant to get registered" or "meant to get their kid registered" and now its election day and it's too late.

Nowadays, we have so many workarounds on assure the franchise that it has very nearly reached a point where you can register on election day (not yet, but someday it will happen, or mail-in voting for all but we are making progress). Here are some of the ways you can make sure you don't miss your chance to vote for the Mach 18 primary candidates.

The DuPage Election Commission has the facilities to REGISTER AND LET A PERSON VOTE ON THE SPOT. This begins next week.

• First day for grace period registration and voting
  Wednesday, February 19, 2014
  Election Commission
  First day for grace period registration and grace period voting in the office of the election authority or at a location designated for this purpose by the election authority. (begins at the close of registration continues until the 3rd day prior to the election). Do this at the ELECTION COMMISSION up until March 15th. Here is a link to find the whole election calendar. 

Early voting in Illinois starts in just 16 days and you have only 3 more days to register to vote or update your registration. This even applies to 17 year olds who will be 18 by the November 4th Election. Illinois has joined the growing list of states that recognize the important voice of young voters and have taken the steps to expand the electorate to further enrich our democracy.

• First day for early voting
  Monday, March 03, 2014
  Election Commission
  First day for early voting at the office of the election authority or at a location designated by the election authority for this purpose. (begins 15th day preceding election and extends through the 3rd day prior to an election)

Many thanks to Young Democrats of Illinois for passing on this alert!