29 Comments - Christopher - Tuesday, Apr 7, 15 @ 8:22 am: Around 6:15 this morning, my husband and I were the second and third people to vote in Ward 25, Precinct 5. Go Chuy! - Excessively Rabid - Tuesday, Apr 7, 15 @ 8:25 am: Mrs. Rabid is out walking for a neighboring aldermanic race: “Knock, knock, get up and vote, dammit!” And I’m listening to Bob Weir et al in my bathrobe. Thanks. - Carhartt Representative - Tuesday, Apr 7, 15 @ 8:27 am: I was the 10th to vote in the 19th ward at 6:50 this morning. - Carhartt Representative - Tuesday, Apr 7, 15 @ 8:28 am: Oops, should mention 44th Precinct - Namaste - Tuesday, Apr 7, 15 @ 8:30 am: Also in ward 25 chicago. Vote early, Go Chuy! - Grandson of Man - Tuesday, Apr 7, 15 @ 8:31 am: One rare Rahm sign close to the polling place, two campaign workers outside and a big Chuy/Milly Santiago combo sign on the corner. I’m in Chuy territory. I early voted on Saturday–around 12 people were waiting to vote/voting. - Staton - Tuesday, Apr 7, 15 @ 8:37 am: 23 rd sixth pct slow 6 th voter , must be the weather ? - OneMan - Tuesday, Apr 7, 15 @ 8:38 am: Early voted in Aurora, in my part of town only school boards (CC and Oswego 308) were contested races. Oswego should/could be interesting today. - Reformed Public Servant - Tuesday, Apr 7, 15 @ 8:39 am: Chuy signs all over the 1, 2 and 27th wards… Looks like a good ground game. - State Sen. Clay Davis - Tuesday, Apr 7, 15 @ 8:39 am: In my precinct in the 47th ward, 50 votes cast by 8:30am and 50 early/absentee, for 100 total. 288 cast in Feb so should be similar turnout. - hisgirlfriday - Tuesday, Apr 7, 15 @ 8:40 am: Can’t see any signs or voters through the central Illinois fog - chi - Tuesday, Apr 7, 15 @ 8:45 am: Been to three different polling places. More election judges, and more people passing palm cards, than voters, at all three places. - Team Sleep - Tuesday, Apr 7, 15 @ 8:58 am: Totally unrelated, but there was a fatal plane crash by Bloomington. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-plane-carrying-5-people-crashes-near-bloomington-airport-20150407-story.html - Anon - Tuesday, Apr 7, 15 @ 9:20 am: At 7 am on the west side of Springfield, I was voter #12. The machines weren’t working and I wound up putting my ballot in a bin. Not very private but I think they were doing their best. - A guy - Tuesday, Apr 7, 15 @ 9:24 am: Goodies drop for judges in north DuPage. Sloooooow. In 8 precincts, the biggest turnout by 8am was 26 voters. Lowest had 18. No waiting at any of them. Early voting was active in Downers Grove. Elsewhere, not so much. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Apr 7, 15 @ 9:26 am: - OneMan -, Between the school board race in SD308 and the Village Board and President races, will be a very interesting watch today. Oswego will be fun to watch, from inside and for outsiders. - Larry Bury - Tuesday, Apr 7, 15 @ 9:37 am: I’m involved in one of the livelier races in the suburbs. A group of four Tea Party affiliated candidates is attempting to take over the Elgin District U-46 school board (2nd largest district in Illinois). I’m one of five candidates running to prevent this from happening (five seats are up). Joe Walsh and Dan Proft have thrown fundraisers for their group’s PAC, which has provided them with the cash to launch a major effort. Race turned ugly with a robocall on Easter Sunday morning claiming to be me and the candidates I’m working with wanting to raise property taxes. It’s been quite an experience. As for turnout, pretty low in DuPage portion of the district so far. - Carhartt Representative - Tuesday, Apr 7, 15 @ 9:41 am: Good luck Larry. We’ve seen this play out before and it’s never pretty. - Jabes - Tuesday, Apr 7, 15 @ 9:43 am: No line for my precinct voting at Nettlehorst School in Lakeview, but there’s always a line for the other precinct that votes there, and there was today, as well. Judging by how slowly their line always moves, I suspect there are some issues with election judges checking people in, but there’s no doubt that they also have more people voting. Two Chuy signs just outside the blue “no electioneering” cones, nothing for Rahm. - Gooner - Tuesday, Apr 7, 15 @ 9:52 am: In 2, there are more people passing lit than voting. It is sort of funny that the people doing so for each side seem to like each other. Precinct after precinct you see the Hopkins and Pattison people standing together, laughing, and then try to convince voters who come along. Too bad more elections are not fought in the good spirit we are seeing here. - JoanP - Tuesday, Apr 7, 15 @ 9:54 am: Short line for my precinct (5th Ward, 18th precinct), longer line for the other precinct (23rd) that votes at the same polling place. It’s usually the other way around! With just the one race on the ballot, I was in and out in no time. No signs for either Chuy or Rahm. - Carhartt Representative - Tuesday, Apr 7, 15 @ 10:13 am: I don’t understand passing out literature today. There are one or possibly two elections to vote for. I just can’t see why anybody would go vote and still be undecided as they walked in and be convinced by a slick flier to cast their vote for a different candidate. - westlooping - Tuesday, Apr 7, 15 @ 10:14 am: 13th person to vote in the 10th precinct of the 25th ward at 7:30 this morning. A ton of Rahm and Chuy signs up in the neighborhood, in February there were none. - Precinct Captain - Tuesday, Apr 7, 15 @ 10:51 am: Very weak turnout in the early morning here in an industrial south suburban town. It’s picked up somewhat the past couple of hours though. There have also been some shenanigans from the incumbents. - frayedcat - Tuesday, Apr 7, 15 @ 10:58 am: Folks were voting in the East Bluff in Peoria. At 8:30am we were not the first voters. - Joe from Joliet - Tuesday, Apr 7, 15 @ 11:11 am: BTW, Rich - did you get GD tickets? I tried and failed. - 32nd Ward Roscoe Village - Tuesday, Apr 7, 15 @ 11:52 am: At 7 a.m. this morning, number 10 to vote in my precinct. Like someone else said, more election judges than voters. - A guy - Tuesday, Apr 7, 15 @ 1:25 pm: Still pretty slow in Addison and Bloomingdale Townships. - Rich Miller - Tuesday, Apr 7, 15 @ 3:11 pm: Let’s close this out and start a fresh thread https://capitolfax.com/2015/04/07/afternoonevening-precinct-reports/ Sorry, comments for this post are now closed.