IFA Election Resources!

Written by David E. Smith

We strongly recommend that every Christian voter prepare to vote in the November 5th General Election by making sure that you know where your candidates stand on the sanctity of human life, transgender confusion, parental rights, religious liberty and other big government policies.

The distribution of this information is one of the ways you can help spread the word about key races — we invite YOU to help distribute this information on social media, to your family, friends and neighbors — or any other local civic group.

2024 VOTER GUIDE

The most updated 2024 General Election Voter Guide is HERE. The Spanish version is HERE. You will not find this information anywhere else!

NOTE: You will need your U.S. Representative (Congress), State Senate, and State House (Representative) district numbers to follow the voter guide. Please click HERE to look up legislative district numbers. If you have misplaced your voter ID card, which has your district numbers, you can also call your county clerk’s office. You can click HERE to look up your county clerk.

We have also included a printer-friendly, one-page comparison covering the race for President between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.

REFERENDUM QUESTIONS on the BALLOT

For guidance on the three referendum questions on your ballot, please click HERE.

SOCIAL MEDIA GRAPHICS FOR SHARING

State, and federal comparison pieces and voting records for sharing on your social media pages can be found HERE.

IFA ENDORSED CANDIDATES

Click HERE you’ll find a list of candidates that we believe will serve Illinois with integrity and fight for pro-family values.

EARLY VOTING

The November 5th General Election is a few weeks away, and early voting begins at designated locations on Thursday, September 26th, with additional early voting sites opening on October 24th. As in every election cycle, this election is critical for Illinois as well as for the nation, and it is crucial that your voice is heard. We cannot emphasize strongly enough how important it is to exercise your civic duty to vote and be good stewards of God’s amazing gift of self-government.

With this much time to cast our ballot, there is simply no good excuse for not voting in this (or any) election!

VOTE BY MAIL

Plain and simple, vote by mail can lead to folly. Vote by mail used to be called absentee voting. But many states, including Illinois, are now using it as the norm.  By all means, if you’re unable to physically vote in person, request a vote by mail ballot, but mail it back quickly.

But for those who are able to vote in person, here’s what our friends at the Illinois Conservative Union and their Election Integrity Program recommend. They believe this is the best way to secure your vote and limit folly:

1.) Request a vote by mail application. Click HERE. Follow the prompts to download a VBM application.

2.) Take your VBM ballot to an early voting location. Note: search under the county where you live for locations. But if you live in the cities of Aurora, Bloomington, Chicago, Danville, East St. Louis, Galesburg, Peoria, or Rockford, search under those cities.

3.) Surrender the VBM ballot. Ask the judge to write across the VBM ballot “SPOILED.” Then vote in-person on a paper ballot that you can feed through the tabulator yourself.

Vote by Mail applications are already being accepted by your local County Clerk.

For more information on early voting locations or to order a mail-in ballot, contact your local election authority HERE.

PARTY PLATFORM COMPARISON

The Republican and Democratic Parties are polar opposite on many issues. During their recent conventions over the summer, they revised their platforms. Click HERE to compare them on eight important issues: Abortion/Life, Marriage/Family, Immigration, Judiciary, Religious Liberty, Education, Inflation, and Crime/Military/Safety.

PRAY FOR GOD’S MERCY

Lastly, but most importantly, please pray for our state/nation during this election cycle. And remember: “The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as rivers of water: He turns it wherever He will,” Proverbs 21:1. God’s judgment on America may be justified, but it is not necessarily imminent! We should pray for mercy and a revival instead.

As Christians we must be salt and light to the culture around us. We must seek and support the election of God-fearing candidates. We ought to expose and shame those who promote evil, including those in the deceitful media.

But, if we believe Scripture when we are told that if “we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9), and that God loves to forgive (Psalm 86:5; 130:4; Micah 7:18; Mathew 26:28; Luke 15:11-31) — we should seek His tender mercies for our neighbors, our state and our nation. It is wise to seek His favor and appeal for His patient loving kindnesses.