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Helpful Links
- Lake County Clerk's Office
18 N. County St., Room 101
Waukegan, IL 60085
847-377-2400
- Contact them with any questions about voter registration or the voting process.
- Lake County Voter Power
- View sample ballots, find your polling place, request a Vote by Mail ballot, track your mailed ballot's progress
- Illinois State Board of Elections
- Find your polling place, request a Vote by Mail ballot, general voter information, report potential voter security/voter fraud issues
Vote by Mail
- In order to vote by mail, you will need to fill out an official ballot request application.
- All ballot requests must be received in the Lake County Clerk's Office by Thursday, October 29th, at 5 PM.
- Once you receive your ballot, make sure to read the instructions carefully to make sure you complete your ballot and the return envelope correctly.
- Voted ballots must be returned in one of the following ways:
- Hand delivered to the Lake County Clerk's office by 7 PM on Election Day,
- Mailed to the Lake County Clerk's Office with a postmark no later than November 3, 2020,
- Brought to the voting site and surrendered to the election judges,
- Placed in an official postage-free drop box.
- The video below walks you through the vote-by-mail process, in partnership with the League of Women Voters - Lake Forest/Lake Bluff Area.
