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All provisional ballot envelopes are returned to the County Clerk’s office AFTER Election Day. You have seven days to provide the Clerk’s office with any additional identification or documents to prove your name and/or address. We work with Illinois State Board of Elections, the Secretary of State’s office, and any new papers provided by you to determine your registration status. If your status can be proven, your ballot is counted. If your name and/or address cannot be validated, your provisional ballot is not cast.
Track the status of your provisional ballot by logging into LakeVoterPower.info and referencing the ballot access number on your white Provisional Voter Ballot Receipt.

- ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) Voting
- Assisted Voter
- Assisted when Voting by Mail
- Assisted in the Voting Site
- Challenged Voter
- Challenged when Voting by Mail
- Challenged in the Voting Site
- Curbside Voting
- Hospitalized or Nursing Home Voter
- Military/Overseas Voter
- Provisional Voter
Provisional Voting
Some of the most common circumstances when a provisional ballot is issued:
- You are not found as registered and cannot provide required ID or witness.
- You are challenged by a poll watcher in the voting site, and you cannot provide required ID or a witness.
- Voting time is extended by court order.
- Voting for the first time after you registered by mail, did not provide required ID with your registration, and cannot provide ID when voting.
- You are marked as having voted during early voting.
- You requested and received a ballot by mail but cannot surrender it to the election judges.
- You’re wishing to register with your current address but cannot provide required ID or a witness.
- You insist on voting at incorrect Election Day voting site.
All provisional ballot envelopes are returned to the County Clerk’s office AFTER Election Day. You have seven days to provide the Clerk’s office with any additional identification or documents to prove your name and/or address. We work with Illinois State Board of Elections, the Secretary of State’s office, and any new papers provided by you to determine your registration status. If your status can be proven, your ballot is counted. If your name and/or address cannot be validated, your provisional ballot is not cast.
Track the status of your provisional ballot by logging into LakeVoterPower.info and referencing the ballot access number on your white Provisional Voter Ballot Receipt.
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Voter Registration Services
Physical Address
18 N County Street
Room 101
Waukegan, IL 60085
Phone 847-377-2410Fax 847-984-5827