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Early voting for Illinois primary far exceeds last midterm
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| Contributor | BrentinCO |
| Last Edited | BrentinCO Mar 19, 2018 11:18pm |
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| News Date | Tuesday, March 20, 2018 05:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Far more people have cast early ballots for Illinois' primary than did so four years ago, an increase that comes amid competitive contests for governor and other offices and record-breaking spending that has made the election nearly impossible to ignore.
More than 330,000 people had cast ballots for Tuesday's primary as of Sunday, according to the Illinois State Board of Elections, and thousands more people were voting on Monday. The total in 2014 was just over 200,000.
Some of the biggest increases have been in Cook County, a Democratic stronghold that includes Chicago, where the number of early votes cast is almost three times the 2014 number. While some of the increase may be due to increased awareness of and comfort with early voting, officials noted the number of registered voters also has increased. |
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