Chicago voters heading to the Loop supersite have two different clocks to keep in mind. It is open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday, then opens at 6 a.m. on Election Day.
That timing matters now because many people are trying to beat the rush before Election Day while candidates make their last pitches to voters. The question of what time do polls open is moving to the front of the line for anyone planning when to cast a ballot in downtown Chicago.
The answer is plain for the Loop site: if you want to go Monday, the doors open at 9 a.m.; if you are waiting until Election Day, they open at 6 a.m. That gives voters an early start at a moment when the state’s biggest contests are still drawing attention, including the Illinois governor's race, Illinois senate race and the first fully elected Chicago School Board.
Sunday brought another round of campaigning built around that final stretch. Jessica Biggs greeted the congregation of Bright Star Church on the South Side, while Hilario Dominguez visited Saint Stephens AME church on the West Side. JB Pritzker also made a campaign stop at the Apostolic Church of God on the South Side, as three candidates kept working the city and its suburbs before the vote.
The useful detail is the one voters can act on: the Loop supersite does not wait until the morning rush to open on Election Day, but it also is not on Election Day hours yet on Monday. That is why the timing question keeps coming up for Chicago-area voters trying to avoid lines. The next confirmed marker is Election Day itself, when the downtown site opens at 6 a.m. and the final stretch of voting begins.
