JACKSON CO. (WSIL) -- If you haven't registered to vote, you can still register on Election Day.
Election judges need two items when you register, a Photo I.D and a piece of mail to confirm your address.
Then, contact the clerk's office to make sure Grace Voting is allowed at your polling place. In most counties, you'll have to go to the county courthouse.
For residents in Jackson county, they have two options either the courthouse in Murphysboro or the Carbondale Civic Center.
News 3 spoke to voters who registered at each place on Election Day and say it was a simple process.
Ralph Abalo at Carbondale Civic Center
One of those is Carbondale Resident Ralph Abalo who cast his ballot at the civic center, but says he initially went to a polling place that didn't allow Grace Voting.
"When I went to that church place, they said my name was not there," he explains. "They were very nice. Three people there. No line."
Election judges then guided Abalo to the Carbondale Civic Center, where he was able to do his civic duty.
"I came over here," he says about Grace Voting. "Registered. Gave me a card right away."
Abalo is from Togo in West Africa and says this is his second time voting in a U.S. Presidential Election.
He made his way from a custodian at a hospital to a healthcare professional focusing on cardiology.
There's no single issue that brought Abalo out, instead he believe people need to take the time to review and look into them all.
"You have to do your homework, you can't rely on one single item," he says of his voting stance. "There's a whole list of things that you have to follow."
Ghordin Galmore at Jackson County Courthouse
News 3 Spoke also spoke to Jackson County resident and SIU student Ghordin Galmore.
She showed up to the Jackson County Courthouse with a group of friends, who were all first time voters.
Galmore says the process to get registered on Election Day and vote was surprisingly quick and that she had anticipated a much different experience.
"I thought it was going to be harder because it's the day of, so I expected lines to be longer or things to be more difficult," she explains. "But, it was a very easy process."
Galmore adds that getting out for her first time to vote has made her realize anyone who can vote, should.
"I think everybody's voice matters," she says. "My vote counted for something and that I made a change."
