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Early primary voting begins May 19

Early voting will begin May 19 at the Brookens Admin Building in Champaign County. 

 “While I am strongly encouraging voters to utilize vote by mail, I’m also giving voters

 plenty of options to vote early/in-person”, said Champaign County Clerk and Recorder, Aaron Ammons said in a press release.

The Clerk will also send out mail-in ballots on May 19. Voters who have already signed up for the permanent vote by mail list and voters who have made their request to vote by mail in the primary election can expect to receive their ballots May 23- May 27.  

Any vote by mail ballot requests made after May 19th, are processed and mailed within 2 days. Votes cast by mail or at an early voting location are final and may not be revoked, the voter is not eligible to cast additional votes on Election Day.  

Mail-in ballots can be returned at in post office mailbox, in one of the secure drop boxes throughout the Champaign County:

  • Brookens Administration Building, 1776 E Washington St, Urbana, in the circle drive
  • Champaign Public Library, 200 W Green, Champaign
  • Champaign Public Library-Douglass Branch, 504 E Grove, Champaign
  • Champaign-Urbana Public Health District, 201 W Kenyon Rd
  • Illini Union, 1401 W Green St, southeast corner inside the Union, accessible by foot only
  • Mahomet Public Library, 1702 E Oak St, Mahomet Parkland at Mattis, 1315 N Mattis Ave, Champaign Rantoul Village Hall, 333 S Tanner, Rantoul
  • Savoy Recreation Center, 402 Graham Dr, Savoy 
  • Sholem Pool, 2205 Sangamon Dr, Champaign
  • St. Joe Township-Swearingen Memorial Library, 201 N Third St, St Joe 
  • Urbana Free Library, 210 W Green, Urbana

Early voting sites are also located throughout Champaign County.

Brookens Administrative Center, Gymnasium, 1776 E Washington Street, Urbana, IL 61802, is open for early voting: 

May 19th-June 17th 

Hours: Monday-Friday – 8:30AM-4:30PM 

June 20th-June 27th 

Hours: Monday-Friday – 8:30AM-4:30PM
Saturday 9AM-4PM
Sunday 10AM-4PM 

The Brookens Center is a vote center and available to any voter, or any person eligible to be a voter, in Champaign County on Election Day from 6AM-7PM. Grace Period Registration & Voting Starts June 1st – meaning any voter, or any person eligible to be a voter, in Champaign County can go to an early voting site to update their registration or register and vote in the same trip. 

The following locations will be open June 13th-June 27th for Early Voting 

Hours: Monday-Friday 11AM-6PM, Saturday 10AM-4PM, & Sunday 1PM-4PM 

Bresnan Meeting Center, 706 Kenwood Rd, Champaign, IL 61821
Crystal Lake Boat House, 206 W Park St, Urbana, IL 61801
Illini Union, 1401 West Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801
Lake of the Woods Pavilion, 1702 E Prairie View Drive, Mahomet, IL 61853
Meadowbrook Community Church, 1902 South Duncan Road, Champaign, IL 61822
Parkland College, Student Life Center, 2400 W Bradley, Champaign, IL 61821
Plumbers’ & Pipefitters Local 149, 1005 N Dunlap Ave, Savoy, IL 61874
Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 802 East Douglas Street, St. Joseph, IL 61873
The Church of the Living God, 312 East Bradley Avenue, Champaign, IL 61820
The Gathering Place (1st United Methodist Church), 220 S Marshall St, Rantoul, IL 61866
Tolono Public Library, 111 East Main Street, Tolono, IL 61880 

Grace Period Registration & Voting Starts June 1st – meaning any voter, or any person eligible to be a voter, in Champaign County can go to an early voting site to update their registration or register and vote in the same trip. All the above sites are vote centers and available to any voter, or any person eligible to be a voter, in Champaign County on Election Day from 6AM-7PM.  

The following locations will be open June 25th-June 27th for Early Voting 

Hours: Saturday 10AM-4PM, Sunday 1PM-4PM, & Monday 11AM-6PM
Carpenters’ Local #243, 402 S Duncan Rd, Champaign, 61821
Champaign Public Library, 200 W Green St, Champaign, 61820
Champaign-Ford Regional Office of Education, 3358 Big Pine Trail, Champaign, 61822
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 2101 S Prospect Ave, Champaign, 61820
Holy Cross Parish Center, 405 W Clark, Champaign, 61820
Mahomet Public Library, 1702 E Oak St, Mahomet, 61853
Mellon Administration Center, 703 S New St, Champaign, 61820
Point of Change Church, 702 Turkey Farm Rd, Mahomet, 61853
Rantoul Recreation Department – Arts & Crafts Center, 100 E Flessner, Rantoul, 61866
Savoy Recreation Center, 402 W Graham, Savoy, 61874
St. Matthew Lutheran Church, 2200 Philo Rd, Urbana, 61802 

The following locations will be open June 27th for Early Voting 

Hours: Monday 11AM-6PM
Ayers-Broadlands Fire Station, 104 W State St, Broadlands, 61816
Douglass Center Annex, 804 N Fifth St, Champaign, 61820
Ivesdale Fire Station, 406 3rd St, Ivesdale, 61851
Mt. Calvary Baptist Church, 1601 Bloomington Rd, 61821
Mt. Olive Baptist Church, 808 E Bradley, Champaign, 61820 

River Valley Church of Christ, 17 Owlcreek Ln, Fisher, 61843 

Windsor Road Christian Church, 2501 W Windsor Rd, Champaign 61822

Grace Period Registration & Voting Starts June 1st – meaning any voter, or any person eligible to be a voter, in Champaign County can go to an early voting site to update their registration or register and vote in the same trip. All the above sites are vote centers and available to any voter, or any person eligible to be a voter, in Champaign County on Election Day from 6AM-7PM.  

Dani Tietz

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