Early voting for the April 1 general election begins Friday in Kane County, a news release from the Kane County Clerk’s Office said on Wednesday.
Kane County Clerk John Cunningham announced that the Clerk’s Office will begin mailing absentee ballots for the April 1 election on March 7 to about 37,500 voters who submitted applications for permanent vote-by-mail ballots, according to the news release.
Officials said Friday is also when early voting begins at the Kane County Clerk’s offices at 719 S. Batavia Ave., Building B, in Geneva, and 5 E. Downer Place, Suite F, in Aurora. Those offices will offer early voting from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, from March 7 to March 14.
On March 17, early voting will expand to 25 sites in the county, some of which will have night and weekend availability, the news release said. A complete list of the sites and their hours is available at: https://clerk.kanecountyil.gov/Elections/Documents/EARLY%20VOTING%20POSTER%20-%20APRIL%202025.pdf.
According to the release, county residents can sign up to receive notifications of when their ballot was mailed and received by the Kane County Clerk’s Office at this link: https://votekane.ballottrax.net/voter/.
Voters who want to apply for a permanent absentee ballot can fill out an application on paper or online, the Clerk’s Office said in the release, and residents who want to apply for an absentee ballot for only the April 1 election can apply online at clerk.kanecountyil.gov/Elections/Pages/Vote-by-Mail.aspx.
