– What: The 1991 municipal primary elections in Chicago and suburbs
– When: Tuesday.
– Polls: Open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. To learn the location of your polling place call 312-269-7976 if you live in Chicago. In Cook County suburbs, call 312-443-5196; in Lake County, 708-360-6628; and in Will County, 815-740-4616. In addition, Citizens Information Service will provide polling place and other information at 312-939-4636.
– Candidates will be nominated for:
– Chicago mayor, clerk and treasurer; voters take a partisan ballot.
– Also, nonpartisan primaries for mayor in Chicago Heights, Joliet and Zion, with runoff elections April 2.
– In North Chicago, a Democratic primary for aldermanic nominations.
– Candidates will be elected for:
– 50 aldermanic seats in the Chicago City Council; voters take a separate aldermanic ballot. In wards where no candidate wins a majority of the vote, top two vote-getters will face each other in runoffs April 2.
– Vote fraud: Those with complaints or questions about voting procedures can call: In Cook County, the state`s attorney`s hot line, 312-443-7960; Chicago Elections Board hot line, 312-269-7870; Cook County (suburban) Elections Department hot line, 312-443-4748; Lake, 708-360-6628; and Will, 815-740-4616. – In addition, the election is being monitored by: U.S. attorney`s office at 312-353-3524; FBI at 312-922-6695; Illinois attorney general`s office, Chicago area election central, 312-814-5586; attorney general`s tele-data for the deaf, 312-814-7123; attorney general statewide, 1-800-252-8666; Illinois Board of Elections in Cook and the collar counties at 312-263-7367 or 1-800-572-4481; elsewhere in the state at 1-800-252-8946; Project LEAP, a private organization monitoring Chicago elections only, 312-726-3954.
– Registration: There are 1,459,632 registered voters in Chicago.
