March 2, 2026 - Early Voting
         Primary Election Day, Tuesday, March 17, 2026
                       Voting Information Below

Voting Options: If you want to make sure you’re able to vote, vote early by mail or in person to avoid any complications.


1) Vote by Mail (also known as Absentee Ballot). This method allows you to receive a ballot by mail that you can complete at home and return in the mail to the Lake County Clerk, or you can drop it off in a locked drop box (locations included with vote by mail ballot). Many of you have already received an application for the vote by mail ballot in the mail. You can fill this application out and mail it back to receive the ballot. If you haven’t received the application by mail, you can request a ballot at:


a) www.lakecountyil.gov/351/voter-power-for-registered-voters and fill out the required information, and then on the next screen, click on “request a ballot by mail.” You can also track your ballot in real time on this site.


b) Or call the Lake County Clerk at 847.377.8683 to receive an application by mail.


Vote by mail ballots will be mailed on or after February 5, 2026, depending on when they receive your application. You can track your returned ballot at the same lakecountyil.gov website listed above to make sure it’s received by the Lake County Clerk.


**If you choose to vote by mail, make sure you complete the ballot, place it in the inner certification envelope included, and sign your name on the outside of the envelope in the signature rectangle. They can not accept your ballot without that signature because that’s how they certify the ballot is valid (just as they compare your signature at the polling place with your original signature when you registered to vote). Then place the certification envelope inside the return envelope and put it in the mail.


***If you’re voting by mail, return it early to allow for delays and to resolve any mistakes (like forgetting to sign the certification envelope).


If you are concerned about the coronavirus preventing you from voting during early vote or on election day, you can apply for your ballot, hold on to it and then take the blank ballot with you to vote in person during the early voting time frame or on election day. Give your blank vote by mail ballot to the election judge, and they will destroy it and give you a ballot to use at the polls.

2) Early Voting in person:

CUBA TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS  (NEW VOTER IDS Mailed week of February 5, 2026!

2. Early Voting Sites With Extended Hours

Cuba Township Highway Dept. Garage

28070 W. Cuba Road

Barrington, IL 60010

March 2, 2026 - March 16, 2026

Monday - Friday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Saturday, 9:00 am - 2:00 pm

Sunday, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

March 2, 2026 - March 16, 2026 - To Be Confirmed in January 2026.

Monday - Friday, 9:00 am - 7:00 pm

Saturday, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Sunday 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Monday, March, 31, 2025, 9:00 am - 7:00 pm


3) Vote on Primary Election Day: Tues., March 17, 2026 - 6 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Cuba Township Residents:

North Barrington Elementary School
Lagendorff Park
Lake Barrington Village Hall

Cuba Township Garage  

Barrington Area Candidates on Primary March 17, 2026 Ballot 

To Be Listed in January 2026. 

Over the last decade we have seen a sharp increase in pre-election day voting in Illinois, thanks in large part to significant changes in election laws making it easier for individuals to vote early or vote by mail.

This massive shift in the time and methods by which the Illinois electorate votes has forever changed how campaigns and political parties Get-Out-The-Vote (GOTV). It is no longer Election Day, but Election Season. Accordingly, the Illinois Republican Party is all in on the RNC’s Bank Your Vote Initiative.

The purpose of this initiative is to educate Republican voters about the critical importance of pre-election day voting and significantly increase the number of Republicans who vote early or by mail.

While candidates and campaigns spend most of their precious time and money trying to persuade voters, the role of this Initiative is to ensure that already persuaded Republicans Get Out and Vote early.

In past cycles, top of the ticket statewide campaigns and national committees have run or provided funding for most of the Republican GOTV operations in Illinois. That was not the case in 2022. Working with relatively limited resources, the IL Republican Party built and executed a cost-efficient and effective GOTV program with the goal of increasing turnout among low-mid propensity Republicans up and down the ballot.This program turned out an additional 57,818 Republicans across our target audience. 

Our goal is to increase more Republican voting to WIN in 2026! Your vote counts. We need your vote.

Details to follow on our Red Gala event to support this mission. Date To Be Announced.  

Thank you for voting!

We look forward to seeing you at one of our meetings or events. Please feel free to email me at sweet@eleanorsweetmcdonnell.com.  I look forward to helping you. Eleanor Sweet McDonnell, Cuba Township Chair

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