Illinois
Where do you vote in the Illinois primary? How to find your 2024 polling place
CHICAGO (CBS) — The 2024 primary elections in Illinois take place on Tuesday, March 19, and if you need to know where to vote, here’s how to find the location of your polling place.
CBS News Chicago also has you covered if you need to know how to register to vote, how to vote, what’s on the ballot, what to bring to vote and more. Races include the Democratic and Republican primaries for president, Congress, Cook County State’s Attorney, Illinois House seats, Illinois Senate seats, and more
How to find your Illinois voting location
The Illinois Sate Board of Elections has a tool to find your polling place on its website. You’ll need to enter your five-digit zip code, street number, and street name.
The tool will show you where to go to vote on Election Day, and links to find early voting locations in your area if you want to vote early.
Can you drop off mail-in ballots at any Illinois polling place?
If you’re voting by mail and haven’t mailed in your ballot yet, as long as you make sure it’s postmarked by Election Day (Tuesday, March 19) it will be counted. If you’d rather drop it off in person, you can do that too, but you need to make sure you take it to the right place.
Elections in Illinois are overseen by 108 local election authorities; including county clerks in 100 counties, two county election commissions, and six municipal election commissions. So, for example, if you live in Cook County, where you can drop off a ballot depends on if you live in the city or suburbs. Suburban voters must drop off their mail ballots at drop boxes set up by the Cook County Clerk’s office. Chicago voters must drop off mail ballots at drop boxes set up by the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners.
Wherever you live in Illinois, you can find a vote by mail drop box using the Illinois State Board of Elections website. Just pick which election your ballot is for, and which of the 108 jurisdictions you live in from a drop-down menu, and it will show you every available drop box for your vote by mail ballot.
Does your Illinois polling place change automatically if you move?
If you moved recently, you’ll need to make sure you’re registered at your current address in order to vote. The good news is, if you’ve already changed your address on your driver’s license or state ID, your voting address will be changed automatically.
If you’re not sure if you have updated your voter registration after you moved, you can check with your local election authority. The Illinois State Board of Elections lists contact information for all 108 election authorities on its website.
Otherwise, if you moved within 27 days of the election, but still live in the same voting precinct, you can still cast a full ballot at your polling place by filling out an affidavit.
If you moved more than 30 days before the election, and still live in the same voting jurisdiction, but outside your old voting precinct, you can update your registration on Election Day at your new polling place through grace period registration, and then cast a ballot. Alternatively, you can vote in any federal elections (President or Congress) only after completing an address correction form.
If you moved within 30 days before the election outside of your old voting precinct and old voting jurisdiction, but still live in Illinois, and haven’t yet updated your voter registration, you can update your registration to your new address through Election Day through grace period registration, and then cast a ballot; or you can vote a full ballot at your old polling place by competing an affidavit.
If you moved more than 30 days before the election outside of your old county or municipal voting jurisdiction, and haven’t updated your registration yet, you can only vote by re-registering from your new address through grace period voting at your new polling place.
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3 juveniles charged in armed robbery at Cicero, Illinois gas station, subsequent police chase
Three juveniles were facing charges Sunday night in an armed robbery that led to a wild chase from the west Chicago suburb of Cicero to Chicago’s West Side.
Cicero police said the suspects were part of a crew that targeted couriers removing cash from gaming machines at the Mobil gas station at 5147 W. Roosevelt Rd. at Laramie Avenue around 3 p.m. Friday.
Police said the robbers forced the couriers to the ground at gunpoint, ransacked their vehicle, and stole about $70,000.
The robbers sped off in a white sedan accompanied by two “trail vehicles,” Cicero police said.
A townwide camera system, which uses license plate readers, helped police identify the cars involved, as a chase took over Chicago streets and expressways. CBS Skywatch caught it all from the air and captured the cars traveling along the Eisenhower Expressway, around the Windy City Smokeout outside the United Center, and under the Chicago Transit Authority’s elevated Green Line tracks on the West Side.
The pursuit finally ended near West End and Kostner avenues in West Garfield Park, where two people were arrested. Another two people in a white Honda sedan ditched their car in an alley of a nearby apartment building. The three juveniles arrested had some of the stolen cash with them, police said.
Meantime, a black Chrysler that also fled the scene of the robbery was chased along the Eisenhower Expressway, Tri-State Tollway, Bishop Ford Freeway, and Borman Expressway into northwest Indiana, where two suspects were arrested after ditching the car in Hammond and running into the Little Calumet River, police said.
A Cicero police investigation resulted in cash, drugs, and guns being recovered from multiple vehicles and the West Side apartment, police said.
Each juvenile has been charged with two counts of armed robbery and one count of unlawful possession of a weapon. They have been transferred to the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center, police said.
In June, companies reported plans for nearly 1,800 layoffs in the state, according to the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity as part of the Illinois Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act.
Companies undergoing layoffs include both national and local giants, according to a compilation of WARN notices in June 2025. Following is a summary of the layoffs.
Job-seeking websites to layoff employees in Illinois
CareerBuilder LLC and Monster Worldwide LLC, located at 200 N. LaSalle Street in Chicago, announced June 24 the company is selling parts of its businesses and filing for bankruptcy. The companies, which merged in 2024, submitted a WARN notice June 5. The closing will put 390 workers out of a job permanently beginning Aug. 4.
Company set to lay off 32 workers in Illinois
Group 1001 Resources, located at 250 S. NW Highway, Suite 302 in Park Ridge, announced June 25 it will lay off 32 workers between Oct. 1 and Dec. 16. The company, which provides annuity contracts and life insurance policies, will lay off 25 employees in October and seven in December, according to the WARN notice.
Design group to close Shorewood plant
IG Design Group Americas announced in June the paper manufacturing company had filed for bankruptcy and submitted a WARN notice June 27. Closing its Shorewood distribution center, 150 workers will be laid off Aug. 26, according to the state.
Meat packing center shuts doors in Illinois
Kankakee County saw 274 workers laid off after Momence Packing Company, owned by Johnsonville LLC, shut its doors. Located at 332 W. North Street in Momence, the company reported the closure June 2, with layoffs effective immediately. A Johnsonville spokesperson said operations will be moved to three other plants in Wisconsin and Texas.
The Colorado-based fashion credit card company reported June 3 it will lay off workers across multiple remote Illinois locations in Lake, Cook and Will counties due to company restructuring. Layoffs are scheduled to take place Aug. 16, when seven employees will lose their jobs, according to the WARN notice.
A supplemental WARN notice filed June 26 states the company will lay off 13 more workers Sept. 13: one from Lake County, one from Kane County and 11 from Cook County.
OSF OnCall Urgent Care to lay off 24 at Illinois locations
OSF HealthCare reported in a June 16 WARN notice it will close two of its on-call urgent care centers in Champaign, eliminating a combined 24 jobs from the locations at 2710 N. Prospect Avenue and 2043 South Neil St. Layoffs are scheduled to take place from Aug. 8 to Aug. 22, according to the WARN notice.
More restructuring to come for OSF in Illinois
In addition to shuttering the doors of two urgent care centers, OSF HealthCare also reported layoffs at the OSF Cardiovascular Institute and Medical Group in Urbana and the OSF Healthcare Heart of Mary Medical Center in Urbana, along with the OSF Healthcare Medical Group in Champaign. As a result, 97 employees are set to lose their jobs in August, according to the WARN notice. The move comes after the local health care giant cited losses of $361 million and a decline in the use of multiple services, leading to a decision to merge its Urbana and Danville locations into one hospital with two campuses.
Strategix Management lays off Joliet workers
The Washington D.C.-based business management consulting firm submitted a WARN notice June 4, announcing the permanent layoffs of 91 workers as a result of closing its Joliet Job Corps Center location at 1101 Mills Road.
Franklin Park plastic film company to lay off 48 in Illinois
Transcendia, a specialty film and commercial printing manufacturer, will close its location at 9201 W. Belmont Avenue in Franklin Park. The company on June 6 reported the layoffs of 48 workers, who will be phased out monthly through the end of the year: seven in August, 15 in September, seven in October, eight in November and 11 in December.
Tyson to move 259 from Rochelle location in Illinois
The Tyson Foods distribution center at 600 Wiscold Drive filed a WARN notice June 13 that it will lay off 259 employees – but, according to the company, no job losses are expected as affected workers will be offered positions with Lineage, which will acquire the Rochelle warehouse as part of a $247 million deal with Tyson Foods including three other sites across the U.S.
The transition will begin Aug. 15.
Janitorial service to lay off 184 in Pontiac, Illinois
Vonachen Group, a commercial cleaning service, reported June 5 it would lay off 184 employees July 5 in Pontiac. A loss of contract caused the permanent layoffs, according to the WARN notice.
More layoffs for research company in Illinois
The American Institutes for Research, which conducts behavioral and social science studies, began conducting layoffs in March. The company filed a supplemental WARN notice June 12 of additional layoffs that would impact three employees in July at its Chicago center, located at 10 S. Riverside Plaza, Suite 600.
Dana Tofig, managing director of corporate communications, told the Journal Star in an email the American Institutes for Research has made the “difficult but necessary” decision to reduce its workforce by more than 30% since March, spurred by cuts to federally funded research by the U.S. government that Tofig wrote bring significant challenges.
“AIR has been around for nearly 80 years, and, in that time, there have been moments when we have had to make changes and shift priorities to align with the needs of our clients and the communities we serve,” Tofig stated. “This is one of those moments, and we remain steadfast in our commitment to generating and using evidence to improve lives and increase opportunities for all.”
The organization also addressed the funding cuts in March in a statement on X.
“Like many organizations, the American Institutes for Research (AIR) has had to make difficult decisions in response to recent federal funding cuts, including reducing our workforce by 18%.”
Illinois-based clean energy company to lay off 80
LanzaTech Global, headquartered at 8045 Lamon Avenue in Skokie, began laying off workers in June to cut operating expenses as a result of revenue declines. The carbon recycling company filed a WARN notice in May and a supplemental WARN notice June 10, stating 80 more workers will lose their jobs on Aug. 13 or within two weeks after.
LanzaTech Chief People Officer Chad Thompson told the Journal Star layoffs are an “unfortunate thing,” but the company does not generally comment further on job losses.
Vehicle manufacturing company cutting 130 more
Magna Exteriors, which manufactures, designs and assembles vehicles, began laying off workers in February 2023, according to a WARN notice filed by the company. A supplemental notice was filed June 16, 2025. announcing Magna Exteriors will lay off another 130 employees from its location at 675 Corporate Parkway in Belvidere, starting Aug. 22 and ending no later than Sept. 5.
Layoff updates for Chicago-based confectionery company
Mars Wrigley, located at 2019 N. Oak Park Avenue in Chicago, began layoffs in July 2024 after announcing it would move most operations out of its Chicago plant back in 2022. The company filed another WARN notice in June 2025 providing updates on the status of 49 remaining affected workers. For 39 people, Aug. 29 will be their last working day, while the other 10 will continue until mid-June 2026, when the property will have a new owner.
A suburban resident is the winner of a cool $1 million after purchasing a ticket at a gas station in recent days.
The winning ticket was sold at a Citgo station in the community of Justice, a suburb located southwest of Chicago.
The ticket was sold in the Lotto Million 1 game, matching the six winning numbers of 5-11-16-23-25-39 in the July 10 drawing, according to the Lottery.
According to William Beahan, who owns the gas station, the winner has not yet come forward.
“I was out of the country when I got the call from my manager. We have no clue who the winner might be, but I have a strong feeling it was a regular Lotto player from our area,” he said. “Whoever it is, we’re very happy for the winner and look forward to celebrating with them.”
Illinois Lottery officials say the store will receive a $10,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket, which Beahan said he will invest in his business, give as a bonus to employees, and launch a gas promotion for customers.
Lotto is an Illinois-only game played on Monday, Thursday and Saturday, according to the Lottery. There have been four instances this year where a player has won $1 million or more in the game, according to officials.
Winners have one year from the date of the drawing to claim their prizes, according to the Illinois Lottery.
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