Voting is now underway in the 2019 ISBA election, and the last day to request a paper ballot is this Monday, April 15.

ISBA's election provider Election America emailed e-ballots to members with valid email addresses and mailed paper ballots to members without valid email addresses on Wednesday, March 27. 

Only attorney members who have paid their dues by March 1, 2019 are eligible to vote. Voting ends on Tuesday, April 30, at 4:30 p.m. 

There are six contested seats this year. They include Board of Governors, 1st Judicial District (Cook County); Board of Governors, Area 2 (Circuits 17, 19 and 22); Board of Governors, Area 7 (Circuits 1, 2 and 4); Board of Governors, Under Age 37 – Outside Cook County (Circuits 1-23); Assembly, 3rd Judicial Circuit; and Assembly, 4th Judicial Circuit. Members may also vote for any office that falls in the geographical area of their ISBA address.

For additional information on this year's election, including a list of candidate names and biographies, visit the ISBA Elections page.