County clerk’s office teams up with Chicago Bears to launch inaugural student election judge program

At 17 years old, Melissa Loch has never cast a ballot. It’s something the politically minded Arlington Heights, Illinois, student is eager to do for the first time this year. But she’s not stopping ...

High schoolers train to be election judges in March primary

The Cook County Clerk’s Office and Chicago Bears this week launched Defenders of DA’Mocracy, a program to train 150 high ...
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Daily Herald opinion: ‘Democracy in action’: Training teens as election judges — and encouraging them to vote — is a vital mission

Historically, the youngest of those eligible to vote in the U.S. — those in their late teens and early 20s — are far less ...
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Illinois 2026 elections: Everything you need to know

Candidates have filed their papers to run in the 2026 primary election. Voters in Illinois and across the country will weigh in on federal, state, and local offices. Primary Election Day is March 17 ...
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Recorder’s Notes: Thank you election judges and staff

Thank you to all the Election Judges that worked before, during and after the Nov. 4, 2025, Coordinated Election. Election judges (officials) are the real heroes of an election with willingness to ...