Cook County voters can cast their primary ballots starting on Monday, January 14. Early voting ends on Thursday, January 31.

Early voting will be conducted on touch screens that store every ballot style in the county, so any voter in suburban Cook can vote at any of the designated early voting locations!

Early voting locations in or near Hanover Township (with early voting hours) include the following:

Streamwood Village Hall
301 E. Irving Park Road, Streamwood
M-F, 8:30am-5:00pm; Sat 9:00am-12:00noon

Hoffman Estates Village Hall
1900 Hassell Road, Hoffman Estates
M-F, 8:30am-5:00pm; Sat 9:00am-12:00noon

Schaumburg Public Library
130 S. Roselle Road, Schaumburg
M-F, 8:30am-5:00pm; Sat 9:00am-12:00noon

For suggestions on whom to vote for, please consult the endorsements made by HanDI (announced in a blog entry on 1/20/08), by the interest group of your choice, or by the Independent Voters of Illinois-Independent Precinct Organization:
http://www.iviipo.org/2008Endorsements.html

Advice on judicial candidates' qualifications can be found at the websites of the Illinois State Bar Association: http://www.illinoisbar.org/judicialevaluations/cook/cookmap.asp

...and the Chicago Bar Association: http://www.chicagobar.org/public/judicial.asp

For more details, including sample ballots, visit the Cook County Election Department website, www.voterinfonet.com.