Hagarstown, Illinois Public Records

Residents can register to vote online through the Illinois State Board of Elections at www.elections.il.gov, where online voter registration is available for eligible citizens with a valid Illinois driver's license or state ID. The registration deadline is 16 days before any election. Illinois also offers grace period registration and voting beginning the 15th day prior to an election through Election Day, available at the office of the election authority, at early voting sites, and on Election Day at precincts. Photo identification is not required to vote in Illinois, but first-time voters who registered by mail may be required to provide identification. Because Hagarstown is unincorporated and has no municipal government, there are no mayoral or city council elections specific to the community. Instead, residents participate in federal, state, county, and township elections. Voters elect members of the Hagarstown Township board, which includes a township supervisor, clerk, assessor, and trustees, typically in odd-numbered years during consolidated elections in April. To find their assigned polling place, residents can use the polling place lookup tool on the Illinois State Board of Elections website, or they can call the Fayette County Clerk's office. Illinois provides public access to election records, including voter registration lists (available for purchase for political and election purposes under 10 ILCS 5/1A-25), precinct-level election results published by the State Board of Elections and county clerks, campaign finance disclosures filed with the Illinois State Board of Elections, and candidate filings and nominating petitions maintained by the Fayette County Clerk for local races and by the State Board for statewide and legislative races. Illinois voters will elect a U.S. Senator, as one of Illinois' two U.S.Current federal, state, and local election schedules, ballot contests, candidate filings, and certified results for Hagarstown voters are published by the Illinois State Board of Elections (https://www.elections.il.gov/). Fayette County voters will also elect county officials including Sheriff, County Clerk, Treasurer, and others depending on the cycle. Hagarstown Township offices may also appear on the ballot if it is a township election year. Absentee voting, known as vote-by-mail in Illinois, is available to any registered voter without requiring an excuse. Voters can request a mail ballot application from the Fayette County Clerk or download one from the Illinois State Board of Elections website. Applications must be submitted by mail or in person no later than five days before the election, and voted ballots must be postmarked by Election Day and received within 14 days after the election to be counted. Early voting is also available at designated sites in Fayette County, typically beginning 40 days before an election.