Frank Herrera, a Cook County clerk spokesperson, confirmed that the ballot scanner at Trickster Cultural Center, an early voting location in Schaumburg township, was "temporarily down" from about 11 a.m. on Oct. 21, but was restored by 2 p.m. the same day. He said "voting was not affected by the issue."

The Cook County Jail in Chicago is teaching civics classes to those detained. They then have a chance to study their options and vote from the jail's chapel.

In Illinois, you can vote early and on Election Day -- and you can register to vote then, too. But how can you check and see if you're already registered to vote?

PROGNOSTICATING: Kamala Harris is expected to wipe the floor with Donald Trump in Illinois on Nov. 5, but more interesting for local political watchers is how the outcome will affect the state’s down ballot races. One thing Democrats and Republicans agree on: Voter turnout will be the key.

Voters in each of Illinois' 17 congressional districts will elect one member to serve a two-year term in the U.S. House of Representatives. Illinois currently is represented in the U.S. House by 14 Democrats and 3 Republicans. The longest-serving is U.S. Rep. Danny K. Davis, first elected in 1996.

The race for president tops the list of federal, state and local contests in Illinois, where voters have supported the Democratic presidential nominee for decades but lower-ballot contests are more competitive.

Voters in Illinois can now head to the polls as part of early voting, which began Monday in each city ward and the suburbs, or fill out mail-in ballots at home to select the next president of the United States and a variety of representatives at the national,

The debate over whether Election Day should be a holiday could probably be placed on a ballot, but do Illinois officials treat the first Tuesday of November in that way?

While the presidential race and elected representatives at the state and federal level will dominate headlines, there are dozens of judges on Illinois ballots this November as well.

Democrats are spending big to hold onto one northwest suburban seat and potentially flip another, while Republicans will need to protect a south suburban seat to have any chance of chipping away at Democratic super-majorities in Springfield.

Candidates for the Illinois 17th Congressional District are gearing for the November 5 election. Congressman Eric Sorensen is running against Joe McGraw in a competitive and expensive race.Our Quad Cities News Illinois Capitol Bureau correspondent Theodora Koulouvaris tracks campaign 2024 for Your Local Election Headquarters.

Whether you're voting early or on Election Day, knowing what you'll need to bring with you in order to cast your ballot will depend on a few things.