Onarga, Illinois Public Records

Illinois residents can register to vote online through the Illinois State Board of Elections website at www.elections.il.gov, by mail, or in person at the Iroquois County Clerk's office. The state offers online voter registration for applicants with a valid Illinois driver's license or state ID. Voter registration deadlines are 16 days before an election for online and mail registration. Illinois also offers grace period registration beginning 15 days before an election through Election Day itself at designated locations including the Iroquois County Clerk's office, election authority office, and polling places on Election Day. To register, applicants must be U.S. Citizens, at least 18 years old by Election Day, and residents of their precinct for at least 30 days before the election. Municipal elections for the Village of Onarga are held in the spring during Illinois' consolidated election cycle, which takes place on the first Tuesday in April in odd-numbered years. The village elects a Village President (mayor) and Village Board of Trustees (typically six trustees) to four-year terms, with terms staggered so that three trustees are elected every two years. The next municipal election will be held in April 2027. Candidate filing information, local ballot measures, and village election results are available through both the Village Clerk's office at (815) 268-4491 and the Iroquois County Clerk's office. Sample ballots and candidate information are typically posted on the Iroquois County website approximately 30-45 days before each election. Residents can find their assigned polling place using the Illinois State Board of Elections polling place lookup tool at www.elections.il.gov or by contacting the Iroquois County Clerk at (815) 432-6950. Polling places are assigned based on precinct boundaries, and voters must vote at their designated location unless they qualify for and use grace period or Election Day registration. Under Illinois election law (10 ILCS 5/), certain election records are public, including voter registration statistics (though individual voter registration information has privacy protections), candidate filings and nominating petitions, campaign finance disclosure reports filed with the State Board of Elections or County Clerk, certified election results by precinct, and records of political committees. Actual voted ballots remain confidential to protect ballot secrecy. Campaign finance records for state-level candidates are searchable online through the Illinois State Board of Elections website. Local candidate financial disclosures are filed with and available from the Iroquois County Clerk. On the ballot will be the entire Illinois House of Representatives (with the village located in a specific district, historically the 105th or 106th district depending on redistricting), one U.S.Current federal, state, and local election schedules, ballot contests, candidate filings, and certified results for Onarga voters are published by the Illinois State Board of Elections (https://www.elections.il.gov/). Illinois offers vote-by-mail (absentee voting) to all registered voters without requiring an excuse. Voters can request a mail-in ballot by submitting an application to the Iroquois County Clerk's office either online through the State Board of Elections website, by mail, or in person. Applications must be received by the Iroquois County Clerk no later than five days before Election Day. Voted mail ballots must be postmarked by Election Day and received by the Iroquois County Clerk within 14 days after the election to be counted. Illinois also offers early voting in person at designated locations beginning 40 days before an election; the Iroquois County Clerk's office in Watseka is an early voting site with extended hours during the early voting period.