Chicago residents can now head to cast their ballots in the upcoming presidential election. While voters in other parts of Illinois have already started voting early, some at record levels, early voting opens in the city Thursday,

With the election only days away, this gives neighbors an option to cast their ballot ahead of time to avoid long election day lines.

Early voting for the November election begins Thursday in downtown Chicago, with DuPage County seeing nearly double the amount of voters who turned out early in 2020, and early voting in all 50 wards opens up next Wednesday.