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Your Civic Footprint. Please go to http://whitesel.wikispaces.com / To download the instructions. How to find your…. National and State Representatives: Go to http://www.elections.state.il.us/ Click on voters Click on district and official search Fill in the form and click “search”
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Your Civic Footprint Please go to http://whitesel.wikispaces.com/ To download the instructions
How to find your… • National and State Representatives: • Go to http://www.elections.state.il.us/ • Click on voters • Click on district and official search • Fill in the form and click “search” • Click on the official’s name to get their contact information
How to find your… • Ward and Alderman • Go to http://www.cityofchicago.org • Click on Chicago Government, and choose City Council, Your Ward, and Aldermen • Click on Find Your Ward (by street address) • Fill out the form with your address to find your ward • Click on click here for ward information to find your alderman • If you are in the 24th Ward, there will be a runoff between two new candidates • To check if your ward has a runoff in April, if you have a new Alderman, or if your Alderman remains the same, go to http://elections.chicagotribune.com/results/
How to find your… • Precinct • Go to http://www.chicagoelections.com/ • Click on Information • Click on Ward Maps • Click on Your Ward to download a map of your ward • Open the map to figure out your precinct
How to find your… • Police Beat and Community • Go to https://portal.chicagopolice.org/portal/page/portal/ClearPath/Communities/Districts • Enter your address and click Show my District, Beat, and Community
How to find your… • Chicago Community Area Map • go to http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/doit/supp_info/citywide_maps.html • You can download a map of your community area • Some of the neighborhoods we live in are part of larger neighborhoods • For example, Homan Square is part of North Lawndale
How to find your… • Judicial subcircuit • Go to http://www.elections.il.gov/votinginformation/CookSubcircuits.aspx • Three subcircuits are located entirely within the City of Chicago (subcircuits 5, 6, & 8) • Eight subcircuits have territory in both the City of Chicago and the outer County (1, 2, 3, 7, 9, 10, 11, & 14).