Elections

Click here to view the Specimen Ballot.

Early Voting Begins September 26, 2024, at the Putnam County Courthouse hours from 9 am to 4 pm.  Also Saturday, November 2, 2024, from 9 am - 12 pm. 

Election Day is November 5, 2024

Vote by Mail Ballots will be mailed beginning September 26, 2024.  All ballots must be postmarked or returned by November 5, 2024.

NOTICE TO VOTERS

ALL PERSON'S MAY REGISTER TO VOTE who are citizens of the United States and will be 18 years of age on or before November 5, 2024, GENERAL ELECTION, and will have lived in the State of Illinois and the precinct of residence for 30 days before the date of the General Election. If you are registered but your latest Voter Identification Card does not reflect your current address, you must report the changes in writing. If your name has changed, you must re-register.  TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2024, IS THE LAST DAY FOR VOTER REGISTRATION OR TRANSFER of registration with the County Clerk and Deputy Registrars before the GENERAL ELECTION.

EARLY VOTING will be conducted from September 26, 2024, through November 4, 2024 (Monday – Friday from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm) and Saturday, November 2, 2024, from 9:00 a.m. - NOON at the Putnam County Clerk’s Office.

VOTE BY MAIL will begin September 26, 2024. The last day a ballot can be mailed out is Thursday, October 31, 2024.

VOTE BY MAIL APPLICATION:   Please go to the Putnam County Website https://putnamil.gov to print your vote-by-mail application. Notice you have 2 options. 1. Vote by Mail (only this election) 2. Permanent Vote by Mail

GRACE PERIOD registration or change of address will begin on OCTOBER 9, 2024, and end on NOVEMBER 5, 2024, only within the County Clerk’s Office. Use of the privilege requires the applicant to vote on the day of application or change of address.

Illinois residents may check their registration online by going to www.elections.il.gov clicking on “voters” and then clicking “Am I Registered to Vote in Illinois”.

If you have any questions regarding your registration, please call the office before the deadline at 815-925-7129.

TINA DOLDER
Putnam County Clerk, Recorder & Election Authority

Use this link below to take you to the election results.

https://il-putnam.pollresults.net/

NOTICE:  Within the next several weeks you will be receiving a post card from the Putnam County Clerk that looks like this template (example).   
This office is required to notify you of the opportunity to request a Vote By Mail Ballot in accordance with the Illinois State Statute (10ILCS5/19-2, 5/19-2.5, 5/19.3).
Sending this postcard to every registered voter is very costly to the county before every election, if you are not interested in getting any future mailings for a Vote by Mail ballot, please OPT OUT and I will no longer send you this postcard.  Just to be clear you are only Opting Out of future mailings of this postcard.

Thank you, if you have any questions please call or email Tina Dolder.
countyclerk@putnamil.gov             815-925-7129

Vote by Mail Application can be found in the links below. 
Print the application, fill it out, and send it to this office or drop it off anytime. 
The first date this office will mail out a ballot for the General Election is September 26, 2024.

Note: There are 2 different types of Applications. 

1. PERMANENT Vote by Mail Ballot Application means you are requesting to be put on a list for all future elections to receive a ballot by mail.  Make sure you select Democrat or Republican, so we know which type of ballot to send you in the General Primary.  Click here for a Permanent application.
2. SINGLE Vote by Mail Ballot application for this current election only.  Click here for a Single application.

If you would like to opt out of all future mailings for optional vote-by-mail information, please send this office an email letting us know. countyclerk@putnamil.gov

Filing Period November 12-18, 2024

School Board Members file in the County Clerk's Office during business hours.

Local Public Ballot Question Notice

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at the General Election to be held on Tuesday, the 5^th day of November 2024, the following proposition will be submitted to the voters of Community Unit School District Number 535, Putnam, LaSalle and Marshall Counties, Illinois:

                        Shall  the Board of Education of Putnam  County  Community Unit
                        School   District   Number  535,   Putnam,   LaSalle   and   Marshall
                        Counties, Illinois, alter, repair and equip school buildings, including
                        constructing    security    and     health/life    safety    improvements,
                        increasing classroom, cafeteria and  gymnasium space and replacing
                        heating, ventilation, and air conditioning  (HVAC) systems, improve
                        school sites and issue its bonds to the amount of $34,000,000 for the
                        purpose of paying the costs thereof?

 The polls at the election will be open at 6:00 o’clock A.M. and will continue to be open until 7:00 o’clock P.M. of that day.

      Dated this 12^th day of September, 2024

                                                                                                         TINA DOLDER
                                                                                  County Clerk, The County of Putnam, Illinois

                                                                                                            JILL KENYON
                                                                                  County Clerk, The County of Marshall, Illinois

                                                                                                          JENNIFER EBNER
                                                                                  County Clerk, The County of La Salle, Illinois