{"status":"ok","citation_id":"deadline-il-mail-request-mail-general-2026","kind":"deadline","title":"Illinois vote-by-mail application by mail receipt deadline, October 29, 2026","statement":"Illinois vote-by-mail application by mail receipt deadline: October 29, 2026. Official source: Illinois State Board of Elections. This record covers regular civilian voters using the mail method. Mailed applications from registered voters within the United States must be received by the election authority by this date. Military and overseas voters follow separate rules.","record_date":"2026-10-29","record_date_label":"Deadline date","official_source":{"label":"Illinois State Board of Elections","url":"https://www.elections.il.gov/Main/CalendarEventDetail.aspx?Date=rVxA%2fkYn5zXK2a6vkdi3g%2f8KS7wsjvcU"},"last_checked":"2026-09-25","last_checked_basis":"Official source and later court orders last reviewed by VoteFiles","permalink":"https://votefiles.com/cite/deadline-il-mail-request-mail-general-2026","votefiles_url":"https://votefiles.com/midterms.php?state=IL#calendar","publisher":"Vote Files","formats":{"ap":"Vote Files, \"Illinois vote-by-mail application by mail receipt deadline, October 29, 2026,\" last checked Sept. 25, 2026, citing Illinois State Board of Elections, https://votefiles.com/cite/deadline-il-mail-request-mail-general-2026","apa":"Vote Files. (2026, September 25). Illinois vote-by-mail application by mail receipt deadline, October 29, 2026 [Election deadline record]. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://votefiles.com/cite/deadline-il-mail-request-mail-general-2026","chicago":"Vote Files. \"Illinois vote-by-mail application by mail receipt deadline, October 29, 2026.\" Last modified September 25, 2026. Accessed September 26, 2026. https://votefiles.com/cite/deadline-il-mail-request-mail-general-2026.","bibtex":"@misc{votefiles_deadline_il_mail_request_mail_general_2026,\n  author       = {{Vote Files}},\n  title        = {{Illinois vote-by-mail application by mail receipt deadline, October 29, 2026}},\n  year         = {2026},\n  howpublished = {\\url{https://votefiles.com/cite/deadline-il-mail-request-mail-general-2026}},\n  note         = {Citation ID deadline-il-mail-request-mail-general-2026; official source: Illinois State Board of Elections, https://www.elections.il.gov/Main/CalendarEventDetail.aspx?Date=rVxA\\%2fkYn5zXK2a6vkdi3g\\%2f8KS7wsjvcU; last checked 2026-09-25; accessed 2026-09-26}\n}","link":"https://votefiles.com/cite/deadline-il-mail-request-mail-general-2026"}}