Bartlett IL Voter Guide 2026: Election Day Nov 3

By Bartlett Guide · Published October 24, 2026

The Bartlett IL voter guide starts with the fact that runs everything else: Bartlett spans DuPage County (most of the village), Cook County on the east side, and Kane County on the west — and each county runs its own election, with its own early voting sites, mail-ballot office, and polling rules. Polls on Election Day, Tuesday, November 3, 2026, are open 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., and if you are in line by 7:00 p.m., you can still vote. This guide is strictly mechanics — no endorsements, no predictions.

First step: your county, your registration, your sample ballot

Before picking a site, pull up your own record. The Illinois State Board of Elections registration lookup confirms your registration and county. Your county then shows your personal sample ballot and polling information: DuPage's voter lookup tool, the Cook County Clerk's Your Voter Information page, and the Kane County Clerk's voter search. Read the sample ballot before you go — Bartlett addresses fall in several legislative districts, so your ballot is not your neighbor's.

Early voting: open now through Monday, November 2

Any registered voter can vote early — in their own county only:

• DuPage County: Bartlett Community Center, 700 S. Bartlett Rd (Program Room 5) — weekdays 8:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m., weekends 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., through November 2. Any DuPage site works, including Roselle Public Library (40 S. Park St).
• Cook County: the nearest site is the Streamwood Community Development Garage, 351 E. Irving Park Rd, behind Streamwood Village Hall — 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. this weekend, weeknights to 7:00 p.m. October 26–30, last day November 2.
• Kane County: closest permanent sites are the Branch Court, 530 S. Randall Rd in St. Charles, and Elgin Township, 729 S. McLean Blvd in Elgin — evenings to 7:00 p.m. October 26–30.

Full site lists and weekend hours for all three counties are in our early voting in Bartlett guide.

Voting by mail: apply by Thursday, October 29

• No excuse is needed. Any registered Illinois voter can vote by mail, per the State Board of Elections.
• Application deadline: your application must reach your county election authority by Thursday, October 29 (five days before the election). In-person applications at the authority's office run through November 2 — but with mail times what they are, apply this week. Start at the state's voting by mail page.
• Returning it: mail it, hand-deliver it to your election authority's office, or use a secure drop box where your county offers one (suburban Cook early voting sites have them; the Streamwood garage's is open during early voting hours). Sign the envelope — an unsigned ballot is not counted.
• The postmark rule: a mailed ballot counts if it is postmarked by Election Day, November 3, and received within 14 days after — by November 17. Mail is not guaranteed a same-day postmark, so if you mail it late, ask the post office counter for a manual postmark, or use a drop box.
• Changed your mind? You cannot hand a completed mail ballot to the judges at a polling place. Surrender it and you can vote in person; if it never arrived, sign an affidavit and vote.

Not registered? Grace-period registration is still open

Regular registration closed October 6 and online registration closed October 18 — but you are not shut out. Illinois grace-period registration runs in person through Election Day: bring two forms of ID, one showing your current address, register, and vote in the same visit. Cook voters can do this at any suburban early voting site through November 2 and, on Election Day, at their precinct or a designated vote center. DuPage voters register at early voting sites and at DuPage polling locations on Election Day. Kane voters register at the Clerk's Office in Geneva (719 S. Batavia Ave, Bldg. B) or the Aurora satellite office.

Election Day, Tuesday, November 3: where Bartlett votes

• DuPage County — vote anywhere. Under the county's Vote Anywhere approach, DuPage voters can cast a ballot at any DuPage County polling location on Election Day.
• Kane County — vote anywhere, too. The Clerk's office confirms Kane voters can use any polling place in the county on Election Day.
• Cook County — assigned precinct or a vote center. Suburban Cook voters vote at their assigned home precinct polling place, or at a designated Election Day vote center. Do not assume an early voting site votes on Election Day — Arlington Heights Village Hall, for one, is explicitly not a November 3 location. Check yours on the Clerk's Your Voter Information page.

What's on the Bartlett ballot on November 3

This is a gubernatorial general election, so the top of the ballot is statewide: a United States Senator from Illinois, Governor and the other statewide officers, your member of the U.S. House, and your state senator and state representative. Below that come your county's offices and judicial retention questions — yes-or-no votes on whether sitting judges keep their seats. Because Bartlett crosses multiple districts and three counties, there is no single Bartlett ballot; the sample-ballot lookups above show your exact one.

The most local questions are the two Bartlett Public Library District bond propositions — $22,200,000 to remodel and expand the current library, and $45,000,000 to build a new one on the same site. They appear only on ballots inside the library district, which covers Bartlett's DuPage and Cook County parts; the Kane County side is outside the district and won't see them. Our Bartlett library referendum guide has the official wording of both questions.

Bartlett IL voter guide: quick questions