Voting Rights

Life CIL is hosting a lunch-and-learn with the McLean County League of Women Voters at noon Friday to discuss disability rights at the ballot box.

WGLT's McHistory series features Richard Blue, the first Black person to run for council in Bloomington. He was also a Civil War veteran, activist, member of a literary society, doorman at the state capital, and barber.

Women political candidates are the norm today. But it hasn’t been so very long since a woman running for office was rare or even unheard of. The first woman to serve in the Illinois Senate was Florence Fifer Bohrer of Bloomington in 1924. But leading the way for Bohrer some years before was Helen Clark McCurdy, the first woman to run for office in Bloomington, in 1915.

Ahead of Election Day, Illinois statehouse reporter Mawa Iqbal checked in with the Illinois Board of Elections. Here's what you need to know about keeping your voting registration active.

Heartland Community college’s dedication to civic engagement on campus is being carried out through the Student Government Association’s and Political Science club’s voter registration efforts.

Efforts are underway to create a museum in Woodford County dedicated to the first Black man in Illinois to cast a ballot after the ratification of the 15th Amendment.

Congressman Rodney Davis said the Biden administration's bipartisan deal on infrastructure isn't really a deal at all.

The League of Women Voters of McLean County will likely launch a study later this year into the benefits and drawbacks of Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) for…

Republicans and Democrats are at odds over a sweeping election bill that seeks to reform voting, campaign finance, and ethics laws.The so-called For the…

A bill that would expand voting rights is on its way to the governor after passing the Illinois Senate on Thursday. It would increase vote-by-mail options…