How Do I Vote in Will County?

Optical Scan Voting...It's as Easy as 1-2-3 !

1. Receive Your Ballot

Enter your polling place and give your name and address to the election judge. State your name and sign the pre-printed application. Upon verification, the election judge will give you:

• a paper ballot

• a privacy sleeve

2. Enter the Voting Booth and Mark Your Ballot

Enter the next available voting booth. To vote the optical scan ballot, completely darken the oval to the left of the candidate or public question of your choice with the marker provided. Be sure to mark both sides of your ballot.

If you make a mistake marking your ballot, return it to the election judge to receive a new ballot. After voting your ballot, place it in the privacy sleeve provided. Exit the voting booth and take ballot within the privacy sleeve to the optical scan ballot counter.

3. Vote!

Insert your ballot into the ballot counter. The ballot is read by the optical scanner and dropped into the metal ballot bin.  The new Optical Scan System complies with the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) to provide voters an opportunity to check and correct ballot errors (for example, casting more votes for an office than allowed results in an overvote). If an error is detected, the system will gently beep and give you the option to accept the ballot as is (the overvoted office will not count) or you may return the ballot to an election judge and receive another one.

When the polls close, the tabulator prints the results of all votes cast.

Its' that Easy!

Just Darken the Oval!