Early voting now on for Illinois primary: Check out Sun-Times/eVoter widget on this blog

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Early voting is now available for Illinois voters–who don’t want to wait until Feb. 2 to vote in the primary election. To find out information about your choices–and to see who is running in your area–just type your address in the Sun-Times/eVoter widget on the right of this blogand get your customized list of your candidate choices, from the top of the ticket–governor and senator–down to the most local sub-circuit judicial candidate.

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