Here's what you need to know about voting early in the Illinois primary election

Steven Spearie, State Journal-Register
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Voters can deposit their early voting ballots at a drop box like the one installed on the south side of the Sangamon County Building in Springfield, Ill.
Voters can deposit their early voting ballots at a drop box like the one installed on the south side of the Sangamon County Building in Springfield, Ill.

Early voting in Sangamon County begins Thursday for the Illinois June 28 primary.

In-person early voting is at the Sangamon County Building, 200 S. Ninth St., Room 101 (Clerk's Office). The office is regularly open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, but there are extended hours closer to the primary, weekend hours and holiday hours on Memorial Day and Juneteenth Independence Day, said clerk Don Gray.

"We have expanded terminal space (in the clerk's office)," Gray said.

Voters must be registered in Sangamon County.

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If a person isn't a registered voter and wants to cast a ballot, that person needs two forms of identification, including one with a current address, Gray said.

When will I get my mailed ballot?

Gray said the office had received 578 applications for ballots by mail.

Anyone who already has submitted an application will start receiving a ballot Thursday. Any applications for ballots by mail thereafter will be processed within a 24-hour period, Gray said.

The deadline for requesting a ballot by mail is 5 p.m. June 23.

A ballot can be returned by U.S. postal service, by using one of the secure ballot drop boxes on the south end of the County Building at Ninth and Monroe streets or at the Sangamon County Juvenile Detention Center at 2201 S. Dirksen Parkway or hand deliver to the clerk's office.

When else can I vote?

The clerk's office is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday from May 19 to June 17.

The office is open Memorial Day, May 30 from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Juneteenth Independence Day (June 20) from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The office is open on June 4, June 11 and June 18 from 9 a.m. to noon and June 25 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The office is open June 19 and June 26 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The office has extended hours from June 21 through June 24 and June 27 from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Vote at UIS

Voting will take place at the University of Illinois Springfield Student Union Building, 2251 Richard Wright Drive, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 22 through June 24.

The location is only for residents in Capital precincts 14, 37, 92, 93 and 99 and Woodside precinct 02.

Have more questions?

For further information, call (217) 753-8683 or visit the clerk's website at www. sangamoncountyclerk.com/elections.

Contact Steven Spearie: 217-622-1788, sspearie@sj-r.com, twitter.com/@StevenSpearie.

This article originally appeared on State Journal-Register: Early voting for Illinois primary election 2022 begins Thursday