Early Voting In Elgin Starts Sept. 24: See Where To Vote

Jason Addy
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ELGIN, IL — Residents in Elgin will be able to cast their ballots ahead of Election Day at several locations this fall, according to Kane County Clerk John Cunningham.

“This year, with increased voter turnout for the presidential election and the COVID-19 pandemic, early voting will help limit crowds on Election Day,” Cunningham said in a news release. “For those voters who wish to vote in person, I strongly recommend that you consider voting early.”

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Starting Sept. 24, Kane County residents can complete their early voting at the clerk’s office in Geneva, located at 719 S. Batavia Ave.

The Elgin Township administrative office at 729 McLean Boulevard and Gail Borden Library will open Oct. 19 for early voting, Cunningham recently announced.

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Elgin City Hall will be open for early voting from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 19-23, while a mobile voting unit is scheduled to be at Jewel-Osco, located at 1660 Larkin Ave., from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 26.

For more information and a detailed schedule for early voting locations, click here.

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The Kane County Clerk’s Office is also expected to install three drop boxes throughout the county for voters to submit their mail-in ballots for the Nov. 3 election. There will be one box each in Aurora, Geneva and Elgin, Kane County Clerk John Cunningham said, though he has not yet released exact locations.

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The action comes amid increased concerns about how the U.S. Postal Service will handle an expected record number of mail-in ballots due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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This article originally appeared on the Elgin Patch