Primary Election Day: Polls Are Open!

Written By David E. Smith | 03.17.26

Faithful Citizens Vote

Dear Friends and Neighbors,

Citizens across the state of Illinois will be casting their votes in today’s primary election. Pro-family candidates need your vote. Therefore, values voters must stand up and be counted. Our voice in this election — and in every election — is critical. So, if you haven’t already voted in this election cycle, please make sure you get to the polls today!

Research the candidates: IFI’s 2026 nonpartisan Voter Guide provides valuable information about where candidates stand on issues related to sanctity of life, parental rights, school issues, and more.

Call your friends, family members, neighbors, and remind them to vote. Take someone to the polls with you.

PLEASE PRAY

Please keep this Election Day in prayer, humbly asking our Heavenly Father’s blessing on those in authority and on those seeking positions of leadership at the state, local, and national levels (1 Timothy 2:1–4). Pray that those who are victorious would honor and fear God, walk in integrity, and uphold truth and justice.

Pray that Christians across the state would get out and vote wisely. Pray for integrity at the polls so that legitimate votes are not canceled out by voter fraud. Pray for God’s will in this election, and His mercy on our state and nation.

If you have not already reviewed our election resources page, please take a few minutes to study it before you vote.

As you know, the polls are open from 6 AM to 7 PM. In some parts of the state, the ballot may be very lengthy and lines may form quickly, so you may want to arrive at the polls earlier than you usually do.

Finally, I leave you with this quote:

“Let each citizen remember at the moment he is offering his vote that he is not making a present or a compliment to please an individual – or at least that he ought not so to do; but that he is executing one of the most solemn trusts in human society for which he is accountable to God and his country.” ~Samuel Adams

Thank you for being a good steward of God’s gift of self-government!

May the Lord have mercy on our state and nation.

Sincerely,

David E. Smith
Illinois Family Institute

David E. Smith

Dave Smith is the executive director of Illinois Family Institute (501c3) and Illinois Family Action (501c4). Follow Dave on X: @ProFamilyIL David has almost 35 years of experience in public policy and grass-roots activism that includes countless interviews for numerous radio, television, cable programs and newspaper articles on topics such as the sanctity of life, natural marriage, broadcast decency, sex education, marijuana, gambling, abortion, homosexuality, tax policy, drug decriminalization and pornography. He and his wife of 31 years are blessed with eight children, many of whom they homeschool. They believe their first God-given responsibility is to disciple their children—cultivating a...

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