Champaign County Opens More Early Voting Sites

A sign identifies the Brookens Administrative Center in Urbana as a polling place for early voting.

Additional sites for early voting are opening in Champaign County on Monday, October 19.

Each of the eleven early voting site is open to voters from any part of Champaign County. The Champaign County Clerk’s office will operate the sites seven days a week, and will also keep them open on Election Day, November 3rd, when voters may also vote at the polling place for their precinct.

The list of early voting centers include four sites in Champaign, three sites in and near the University of Illinois campus, and sites in Tolono, Rantoul, St. Joseph and Mahomet. The sites are open weekdays from 10 AM to 6 PM, Saturdays from 10 AM to 3 PM and Sundays from 1 PM to 5 PM.

In Champaign:

Leonard Recreation Center, 2307 Sangamon Dr.

Meadowbrook Community Church, 1902 S. Duncan Rd.

Parkland College, Student Life Center, 2400 W. Bradley Avenue.

Church of the Living God, 312 E. Bradley Avenue

Around Champaign County:

Rantoul: The Gathering Place, 220 S. Marshall St.

Tolono: Tolono Public Library, 111 E Main St.

St. Joseph: Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 802 E. Douglas St.

Mahomet: Elks Lake Pavilion in Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve, 301 Senna Drive

University of Illinois Campus:

Illini Union, 1401 W. Green St, Urbana

Activities & Recreation Center (ARC), 201 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign

University YMCA, 1001 S. Wright St., Champaign

Early voting also continues at the gym in the Champaign County Brookens Administrative Center, 1776 E. Washington St. in Urbana. This early voting site is now open seven days a week with expanded hours: 8 AM to 7 PM weekdays and 9 AM to 5 PM on weekends.

All sites are observing COVID-19 safety precautions, and voters are asked to wear a mask.

More information on early voting in Champaign County is available at the Champaign County Clerk website.

(This article has been corrected to note that the opening date for the early voting centers is October 19, not 16, and that early voting sites will be open on Election Day as university voting sites for any Champaign County voter.   – JM 10/19/20, 10/28/20)

Jim Meadows

Jim Meadows has been covering local news for WILL Radio since 2000, with occasional periods as local host for Morning Edition and All Things Considered and a stint hosting WILL's old Focus talk show. He was previously a reporter at public radio station WCBU in Peoria.