Cook County clerk urges early mail-in voting amid USPS postmark change before March 17 primary

Source Chicago Tribune
Original Load Date Feb. 4, 2026, 6:01 p.m.
Last Updated Feb. 4, 2026, 6:01 p.m.
Original URL https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/04/cook-county-clerk-urges-early-mail-in-voting-amid-usps-postmark-change-before-march-17-primary/

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A little less than six weeks before the March 17 primary election, Democratic Cook County Clerk Monica Gordon urged mail-in voters on Wednesday to return their ballots early amid a change in federal government procedures that she warned could make it harder to vote. Gordon tied her concerns to th...