2020年10月14日开始，芝加哥50个选期全部开放早期投票，周一到周五每天8：30am 到 7pm，周末早上9点到下午5点都可以到投票站投票，直到11月3日大选结束。
10月14日，芝加哥多数投票站爆满，许多投票人排队超过一个小时。38岁的Rennie和她丈夫一起，带着两个孩子在Wells Park的投票站排了一个多小时，她说，很高兴在疫情之下看到这么多人出来投票。
芝加哥选举委员会主席说，第一天的早期投票芝加哥进展顺利，只有两个投票站出了点小毛病，但很快解决了。她还说，如果我们今天进行的好，那我们以后几周选举活动也会很顺利。她还说，由于疫情的限制，可能会排长队，希望大家在周末气候好的时候去投票方便排队。
10月14日芝加哥一个投票站排队的投票人
芝加哥郊区之外， 伊利诺其他选区，也开放了早期投票点。芝加哥25区区长Bryon说，在这次大选中呆在家里不投票是不可取的，我们必须发声，那些不发声的，和被边缘化的人都应该出来投票。
10月1日以来，芝加哥市中心的位于191 N. Clark St的投票站已经收到了1万3千多份投票。芝加哥申请邮寄投票的50万人中，已经有12万人把选票邮寄给选举中心。芝加哥选举委员会鼓励民众不到等到11月3日大选那天最后一刻才投票，要尽早投票。
45岁的Swift在10月14日当天早上7点多就到杜鲁门学院排队一个多小时投票。他说他从1998年就开始为美国总统大选投票，但这次是他感觉最重要的一次，他说“这次投票是我作为美国人能够发的声音，这是表达我的心愿的机会，我不能失去这个机会”。
今年的选举，伊利诺有两百万人申请了邮寄投票，到10月14日为止，已经有38万份邮寄选票已经达到了投票站。选举委员会规定，今年投票可以不出示ID, 可以带孩子进入投票站，也可以带阅读资料进入投票站，但是不得在投票站内进行关于选举的谈论，对于邮寄投票的人，可以在电子邮件和网上查询自己的选票的投递情况。
芝加哥50个早期投票点
Starting Oct. 14 through Nov. 3 - All 50 wards
Early Voting sites in all 50 Wards - plus the Loop Super Site
Monday-Friday - 8:30 am-7 pm
Saturday-Sunday - 9 am-5 pm
Election Day, Nov. 3 - 6 am-7 pm
Loop Super Site at Clark & Lake - 191 N. Clark St.
Ward 1 - Goldblatts Building, 1615 W Chicago Ave.
Ward 2 - Ogden Elementary School, 24 W Walton St.
Ward 3 - Beethoven Elementary School, 25 W 47th St.
Ward 4 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Center, 4314 S Cottage Grove
Ward 5 - Ray Elementary School, 5631 S Kimbark Ave.
Ward 6 - Deneen Elementary School, 7257 S State St. (changed 9/29)
Ward 7 - Burnham Elementary School, 9928 S Crandon Ave.
Ward 8 - Olive Harvey College, 10001 S Woodlawn Ave.
Ward 9 - Curtis Elementary School, 32 E 115th St.
Ward 10 - Sadlowski Elementary School, 3930 E 105th St.
Ward 11 - Sheridan Elementary School, 533 W 27th St.
Ward 12 - Kelly High School, 4136 S California Ave.
Ward 13 - West Lawn Park, 4233 W 65th St.
Ward 14 - Edwards Elementary School, 4815 S Karlov Ave.
Ward 15 - Carson Elementary School, 5516 S Maplewood Ave.
Ward 16 - Lindblom Park, 6054 S Damen Ave.
Ward 17 - Southside High School, 7342 S Hoyne Ave.
Ward 18 - Carroll Elementary School, 2929 W 83rd St.
Ward 19 - Beverly Arts Center, 2407 W 111th St. (changed 9/25)
Ward 20 - Fiske Elementary School, 6020 S. Langley Ave. (changed 9/30)
Ward 21 - Turner - Drew Language Acad., 9300 S Princeton Ave.
Ward 22 - Ortiz De Dominguez Elementary School, 3000 S Lawndale Ave.
Ward 23 - Dore Elementary School, 7134 W 65th St. (changed 9/29)
Ward 24 - Herzl Elementary School, 3711 W Douglas Blvd.
Ward 25 - Jungman Elementary School, 1746 S Miller St.
Ward 26 - Casals Elementary School 3501, W Potomac Ave.
Ward 27 - Suder Elementary School, 2022 W Washington Blvd
Ward 28 - Westside Learning Center, 4624 W Madison St.
Ward 29 - Burbank Elementary School, 2035 N Mobile Ave.
Ward 30 - Lorca Elementary School, 3231 N Springfield Ave.
Ward 31 - Falconer Elementary School, 3020 N Lamon Ave.
Ward 32 - Pulaski Elementary School, 2230 W McLean Ave.
Ward 33 - Bateman Elementary School, 4220 N Richmond St.
Ward 34 - Dunne Elementary School, 10845 S Union Ave.
Ward 35 - NEIU El Centro, 3390 N Avondale Ave.
Ward 36 - Hanson Park Elementary School, 5411 W Fullerton Ave.
Ward 37 - McNair Elementary School, 4820 W Walton St.
Ward 38 - Hiawatha Park, 8029 W Forest Preserve Dr.
Ward 39 - Sauganash Elementary School, 6040 N Kilpatrick Ave.
Ward 40 - Mather High School, 5835 N Lincoln Ave.
Ward 41 - Oriole Park Elementary School, 5424 N Oketo Ave.
Ward 42 - Maggie Daley Park, 337 E. Randolph St.
Ward 43 - Lincoln Park High School, 2001 N Orchard St.
Ward 44 - Inter American Elementary School, 851 W Waveland Ave.
Ward 45 - Hitch Elementary School, 5625 N McVicker Ave.
Ward 46 - Truman College, 1145 W Wilson Ave
Ward 47 - Welles Park, 2333 W Sunnyside Ave.
Ward 48 - Broadway Armory, 5917 N Broadway
Ward 49 - New Field Elementary School, 1707 W Morse Ave.
Ward 50 - Warren Park, 6601 N Western Ave.
(来源：芝加哥论坛报)