Voting by Mail

REQUESTING YOUR BALLOT

Illinois now allows you to apply for permanent vote by mail status. This means the Kendall County Clerk will automatically send you a ballot for every election! The Kendall County Democrats strongly recommend that every voter in Kendall apply for permanent vote by mail status.

Request your mail in ballot using the links below. You can electronically request a mail-in-ballot for only the March 19th election. You can also electronically request permanent vote-by-mail status. You can only request permanent vote-by-mail status using the print-and-mail method, it is not possible to mail in a request for only a March 19th ballot.

The last day to request a mail-in ballot is March 14, 2024 at 12 Noon.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

• Do not lose your mail-in ballot. Voting with an outstanding mail-in ballot is not impossible, but it is difficult. Call the Kendall County clerk at (630) 553-4105 if you have lost your mail-in ballot.

• Be sure to sign and seal your ballot properly before mailing your ballot. Your signature should match the signature on your voter ID.

• Use the proper postage and mail in your ballot as soon as possible.

• If you do not want to mail your ballot, you can drop the ballot off yourself using the drop box outside the Kendall County Clerk’s office: 111 W. Fox Street in Yorkville. You do not need to enter the building.

• If you have a ballot but do not want to vote by mail anymore, bring the entire vote-by-mail packet to a polling location and surrender it to the election judges. You can then vote in person.

Step-by-step instructions for voting by mail:

1. Fill in the front of your ballot using a black ballpoint pen. Fill in the entire circle for your chosen candidate. Ensure that an election judge initialed your ballot. If the ballot is not initialed, you will have to contact the Clerk. An un-initialed ballot will be rejected.

2. Fill in the back of your ballot. Most sections allow you vote for only one candidate. Take special care in the County Board section where it asks you to vote for multiple candidates.

3. Fill out the security envelope

• You do not need to write anything in the ballot code section.

• You only need to date and sign the bottom of the security envelope. You can fill out the other sections of the security envelope, but it is not required.

4. Insert the folded ballot into the security envelope.

5. Check again that you have signed the security envelope. Unsigned security envelopes will be rejected.

6. Seal the security envelope. It is possible that your security envelope will not have glue on the flap. Seal with tape or a glue stick instead. Unsealed security envelopes will be rejected.

7. Place the security envelope in the outer mailing envelope. Seal the outer envelope. If the adhesive doesn’t work, seal with tape or a glue stick. Unsealed mailing envelopes will be rejected.

8. If you are mailing your ballot, place first class postage on the front and then drop the ballot in a mailbox. You do not need to fill out the back of the envelope if you are mailing it.

9. If you are dropping your ballot off in person, bring it to the Kendall County Clerk’s office: 111 W. Fox Street in Yorkville. The outdoor dropbox is available 24x7 - you do not need to go into the building to drop off your ballot. Postage is not required. Ballots are removed from the dropbox twice daily during business hours.

If someone else is dropping your ballot off in person, the back of the envelope must be filled out.

The outdoor drobox is on the north wall of the Clerk’s office.