Last day for voter registration for the primary.
First day for early voting.
Last day for early voting
Last day for the election authority to receive application for absentee ballot.
General Primary Election
Registration opens.
Each Party will hold county conventions.
Last day for County Chairman to forward the State Board of Elections the names and addresses of its officers and precinct committeemen.
First day to circulate nomination petitions for independent candidates for President and Vice President.
Last day for established party managing committee to file a resolution to fill a vacancy in nomination – when no candidate was nominated at the General Primary.
State Republican Convention
Last day for each established party to hold a state party convention. The call for the convention must be issued at least 33 days prior.
Republican National Convention
Last day for County, Municipal, Township and Park Boards to place advisory referenda on the ballot by resolution.
First day to apply for an absentee ballot.
First day a registered
Last day for voter registration before election.
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First day of early voting.
Last day for county clerks (other than Cook, DuPage, Lake, and Will) to provide each county chairman precinct lists prepared for the 2008 General Election marked to indicate the names of all persons who have registered since the 2008 General Primary.
Last day of early voting.
General Election