Free Sample Chicago Ballot for Feb 2, 2010 Primary Elections
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A new free web tool from eVoter.com, letting you view a free sample ballot for 2010 elections tailored to your own address, will put all Illinois voters only one click away from finding out the names of candidates on their ballots for the Feb. 2 primary election, from the top of the ticket to the most local contest. This is a free web tool that will make it much easier and faster for a person to be part of the civic and political process, which in Illinois is confusing, especially for first-time voters. All you have to do is type in any address in Illinois–and out will come a listing of your polling location and a free sample ballot for the Democratic, Republican and Green parties. You don’t have to know more than that to get started. 
Illinois has the nation’s leadoff 2010 primary; early voting starts Monday and absentee balloting is already underway. The voter registration deadline for the Feb. 2 primary closed Tuesday. You can also get information and links about where to apply for a free absentee ballot on the site. The deadline for applying for an absentee ballot by mail is Jan. 28.
Under Illinois law, a voter has to pick one party in order to participate in the nomination process. The system means a person cannot vote in the Democratic primary for a Senate candidate and then switch to the GOP primary for the governor race. Each voter has potentially dozens of candidates in a variety of offices to consider. While I bet most people know there are big Senate, House and gubernatorial primaries, even ardent activists usually are not on top of who is running in a judicial sub-circuit race. For the first time, a voter can easily look up their options without hassle. The free sample ballot look-up is a non-partisan service, provided by the Sun-Times in partnership with eVoter.com. The candidate listings on the sample ballot are free and include everyone who is running.
But voters can also click on information placed by candidates. The Sun-Times/eVoter.com partnership provides candidates and organizations with new paid media political communication tools. 
The hyperlinks are paid for by candidates or organizations and can lead to candidate websites or endorsement lists and contribution information. In most elections, there is voter fall-off near the bottom of the ticket; voters sometimes just don’t want to vote for candidates and offices they have not focused on–or never knew about. Adam Kravitz, the CEO of Political Technologies, LLC, owners and operators of eVoter says the eVoter feature provides “a strong opportunity for down ballot candidates to get noticed. …the idea is to increase participation in down ballot races,” Kravitz said.
eVoter (www.evoter.com) is the unbiased, non-partisan election information site where Voters can instantly generate a personalized Sample Ballot, view Candidate Profiles, make Contributions, view Organizational Endorsements, find Polling Places, request Absentee Ballot Applications and more. Owned and operated by Florida-based Political Technologies LLC (www.politicaltechnologies.com), eVoter is designed with the goal of providing voters with concise unbiased information on every candidate and measure on their ballot. With 8000+ 2010 Illinois Primary Election Candidates Listed and 11,000+ Polling Places, eVoter is the destination for 2010 Illinois Primary Election information.
For Election Information visit www.evoter.com
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