What You Need To Know To Vote By Mail In Chicago

More than 250,000 Chicagoans have already requested ballots for mail-in voting.

By Zach Wilson, Meha Ahmad

Aug. 17, 2020, 5 p.m. CT

A curbside mail collection box is shown Monday, Aug. 17, 2020, in Salt Lake City. AP Photo/Rick Bowmer

More than 250,000 Chicagoans have already requested ballots for mail-in voting.

By Zach Wilson, Meha Ahmad

Aug. 17, 2020, 5 p.m. CT

As we approach the 2020 presidential election in the middle of a pandemic, Chicagoans are signing up for mail-in voting at record rates.

Reset breaks down what residents need to do to vote by mail.

GUEST: Marisel Hernandez, chair of the Chicago Board of Elections