Citizens of Kane County will be allowed to register to vote all the way up to the Nov. 4 date of the upcoming General Election.

Kane County Clerk John A. Cunningham announced Thursday that the grace period for registration has been extended through election day. The extension applies only to the November 2014 General Election.

Illinois state law states that “During the 2014 general election, an unregistered qualified elector may register to vote, and a registered voter may submit a change of address form, in person at any permanent polling place for early voting established under Section 19A-10 through election day.”

Grace-period registration will begin Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014 at the Kane County Clerk’s Office and will be extended until the polls close on Tuesday, Nov.  4.

Two forms of current identification are required. Voters must vote after their voter registration is processed. The Kane County Clerk’s Office is located in Building B at the Kane County Government Center, 719 S. Batavia Avenue (Route 31), Geneva.

To register, a person must be a United States citizen, 18 years old on or before the date of the General Election, a resident of the precinct for 30 days prior to the election, and provide two forms of identification, one of which shows their current name and address.

Kane County residents may check their registration online by going to www.kanecountyelections.org; click on “Are you registered” and follow the directions on the page.

For additional information call the Elections Office at 630-232-5990.

SOURCE: Kane County Clerk’s Office press release