The presidential election is obviously the biggest race of the day across the country, but there are plenty of races in Illinois and in the Springfield area that are worth keeping an eye on and monitoring throughout the day. More: County-wide, county board ...

Polls are now open in Missouri, and the line of voters at Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church is already long enough to wrap around the building.

What mattered to my grandfather was that he was exercising his civic duty and sacred right to vote, casting a ballot he knew counted.