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Chicago School Board Voting: An Accessible Guide

Find your School Board district, check your registration, locate your polling place, learn about accessible voting options, and get help if something goes wrong.

Elections in ASL

Prefer voting information in American Sign Language? Watch our ASL videos for clear, accessible information about the Chicago School Board election and how to vote.

Candidate Guides

Who’s on the West Side ballot?

Blaise or Hargrove? What to Know About the District 5B School Board Race

Two candidates are running to represent District 5B on the Chicago Board of Education. Here’s what Blaise and Hargrove say the district needs, what the seat can actually do, and how to vote.

15 WestLiana Ordoñez

Zines

Prefer something you can save, print or share? Download our free election zines and take voting information with you.

Preparing Before Election Day

Voting by Mail

Understand the election

Inside the Money and Petition Challenges Shaping West Side School Board Races

Campaign finance records and electoral board proceedings reveal recurring political committees, donors, and attorneys across several West Side school board races, offering a closer look at the relationships surrounding this year’s petition challenges.

15 WestNel Afenya

Your Principal, Your School’s Budget, Your Classroom: Who Actually Makes the Decisions?

Chicagoans will elect the city’s entire school board for the first time this November. Here’s what the board controls, what it doesn’t, and who families should turn to when they need answers.

15 WestGeorgia Rau

The biggest misconception about Local School Councils? They don’t do anything.

Local School Councils remain the most direct way West Side residents can influence decisions at their neighborhood schools. But participation remains a challenge.

15 WestNel Afenya

• How to read a sample ballot (coming soon)

Need help voting?

Looking for your district, polling place, registration information, accessible voting options, or language assistance? Start with our Accessible Voter Guide.