Early Voting for April 9 Election Begins Monday

Voters can cast their ballots early from March 25 until April 6 as part of the consolidated election's early voting process.

Early voting in this year's consolidated election begins Monday, March 25, and runs until Saturday, April 6. The election is Tuesday, April 9. Tinley Park residents living in Will County can go to the Tinley Park Village Hall to cast their votes in this early period. The voting sites for residents living in Cook County are the Orland Township Administrative Offices in Orland Park and the Oak Forest City Hall. Voting hours for the sites are as follows:     Mail ballot applications are available at the Will County Clerk's Office's websiteand the Cook County Clerk's Office's site. The deadline to file a mail ballot application is Thursday, April 4. Voters can go to the clerk's offices for Will and Cook counties to cast early votes. Grace-…

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Joe Vince

8:59 am on Tuesday, March 26, 2013

@Mami: You are correct. I don't know why Cook County doesn't let every community's clerk's office handle these things, but you can contact the Cook County Clerk's Office and voice your concern. Joe Vince Tinley Park Editor   more ›

Election 2012: Was Tinley Park an Obama or Romney Town?

The president captured his home state in Tuesday's election, but how did he fare in the Cook County precincts that cover the village?

Although he only won 13 out of 35 Cook County voting precincts that cover the village, President Barack Obama was still the choice of the majority of Tinley Park voters in Tuesday's election, according to data released Wednesday from the county clerk's office. READ: The Race for President—How Illinois Voted The re-elected president had 12,091 votes compared to Republican challenger Mitt Romney's 11,149, according to the numbers reported by the Cook County Clerk's Office. Yet Romney won the majority of the precincts that cover Tinley Park in Orland, Bremen and Rich townships. The margins of victory at those precincts, however, were very close, sometimes with only a gap of a handful of votes. In fact, only one precinct in Tinley—Rich …

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LAST DAY: Early Voting Ends Saturday

Itching to exercise your constitutional right before Election Day? The clock is ticking. The last day for early voting is Saturday, Nov. 3. Find out what you need to do and where you can do it.

Early voting ends Saturday, Nov. 3. To vote early, you must have a valid photo ID. Those include a current driver’s license, a state-issued ID card, a college ID or another government-issued photo ID. For the 18 percent of Tinley Park residents living in Will County, you can register at Village Hall from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2, and from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 3. There is no place to vote early for Cook County in Tinley Park, but there are locations nearby (Orland Park and Oak Forest are the closest). Check out Patch's list of sites in the south suburbs for details. Site Address Hours Monday-Saturday: 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Sunday: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. SOURCE: Cook County Clerk's Office Other Election Stories You Might Like:   Two …

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Romney, Santorum, Gingrich or Paul? Tell Us Your Pick

Republican turnout was high for Early Voting in suburban Cook County. Take the Patch primary poll, and tell your neighbors who deserves your primary vote.

Cook County's suburban Republicans cast 44 percent more Early Voting ballots for the March 20 presidential primary than during Early Voting in 2008, according to the Cook County Clerk's Office.  Nearly 4,400 more Republicans participated during this Early Voting period, which ended Thursday, than did four years ago. GOP voters represented 38.6 percent of all early voting ballots cast, up from 19.4 percent in 2008. With a contentious race among Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul, the outcome of the Illinois GOP primary will matter in the march to a nominee. Democratic Early Voting participation dropped 45 percent when compared with the last presidential election. With 2,477 ballots cast, the Orland Park Early Voting site…

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Dave W.

10:11 pm on Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Lots of reasons, depending on the individual ideology of the person...some of it is racism, some of it is strict party lines, some of it is social issues, some fiscal concerns. The more hard core extreme of each party is always more angry though. Also, they have more outlets for misinformation. They can blame the 'liberal media' all day long, but they virtually monopolize talk radio, and have the…   more ›