Cook County Clerk Monica Gordon unveiled a new "smart" ballot drop box on Tuesday, stating she intends to use it for the March 2026 primary election and see if it can be implemented on a larger scale ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At 17 years old, Melissa Loch has never cast a ballot. It's something the politically minded Arlington Heights student is eager to ...

CHICAGO — The Cook County Clerk's office has added an online marriage license application feature to the clerk's website, allowing couples getting married in Chicago or suburban Cook County to fill ...

Democracy took center stage at dozens of suburban high schools this week as Cook County Clerk Monica Gordon kicked off the ...

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Hundreds of donated purses will soon be in the hands of domestic violence survivors across Cook County. The purses are essentially care packages collected by staff at the Cook County Clerk's Office ...

COOK COUNTY, Ill. (WGN) — New efforts are being made to protect immigrant families in Cook County, as County Clerk Monica Gordan stressed what she sees as fallout from President Donald Trump’s ...

The Cook County Clerk is warning people about an ongoing text scam with fake alerts about traffic violations. The messages say you owe parking fines, or toll fines, and ask you to pay through a link ...

Suburban voters can do their part for local democracy and earn some cash by working as an Election Judge for the Cook County Clerk’s Office in the April 1, 2025, Consolidated General Election. Clerk ...

At 17 years old, Melissa Loch has never cast a ballot. It’s something the politically minded Arlington Heights student is eager to do for the first time this year. But she’s not stopping there. Loch ...

Cook County Clerk Monica Gordon said her office is reinforcing its diversity, equity and inclusion measures amid “threatening rhetoric and cruel policies” from the federal government that are creating ...