(THE CENTer Square) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom is urging states like Illinois to redraw congressional maps, but voting rights group CHANGE Illinois warns that such pressure risks undermining ...

The Democratic Illinois delegation is throwing its full support behind national calls for the Land of Lincoln to engage in redistricting, despite pushback from black lawmakers who are hesitant to ...

While several states are holding some big elections Tuesday, Illinois isn't one of them. But there are some major races coming soon. The Illinois State Board of Elections reminded residents that while ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Hundreds lined up in Chicago as early voting began Thursday morning at the Super Site in the Loop located at 191 N. Clark Street. A line wrapped around an entire city block, but ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WLS) -- The Illinois Senate passed a bill expanding vote by mail for the 2020 election Friday. The bill will automatically send an application for a vote-by-mail ballot to any ...

U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries traveled to Illinois Monday to urge lawmakers and African-American Congress members to support redrawing of the state's Congressional maps mid-decade.

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 4, and though not all states are holding elections, many Americans are wondering if services like mail delivery and banks will still be operating. Here's what we know ...

SPRINGFIELD — Hundreds of contenders for public office began filing candidacy petitions with the Illinois State Board of Elections on Monday, vying to top March 17 primary ballots amid uncertainty ...