Cook County Clerk’s office - Election Department
October 1 – November 20: Validation of Mail Ballot Applications and Ballot Returns
• Cook County Clerk’s office, 69 W. Washington St., Suite 500 & Pedway Rooms
• 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
October 26: Public Test
• Hawthorne Distribution Center, 4545 W. Cermak Rd., Chicago
• 9:30 a.m.
November 5 – November 20: Mail Ballot Processing
• Cook County Clerk’s office, 69 W. Washington St., Pedway
• 11/5: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
• 11/6: 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (when necessary)
• 11/7 - 11/20: 9:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. (when necessary)
November 6: Loading of Early Voting and Mail Ballot Data into Tally System
• Cook County Clerk’s office, 69 W. Washington St., Suite 500
• 11:00 a.m.
November 6: Tally of Election Results
• Cook County Clerk’s office, 69 W. Washington St., Suite 500
• 7:00 p.m.
November 8 – November 20: Five Percent Recount
• Hawthorne Distribution Center, 4545 W. Cermak Rd., Chicago
• 7:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
November 8 – November 20: Provisional Ballot Reconciliation
• Cook County Clerk’s office, 69 W. Washington St., Suite 500
• 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
November 20: Processing of the last Late-Arriving Absentee Ballots
• Cook County Clerk’s office, 69 W. Washington St., Pedway
• 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
November 14 – November 16: Canvass of Votes
• Hawthorne Distribution Center, 4545 W. Cermak Rd., Chicago
• 7:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.