Mid-morning election day precinct reports
Tuesday, Nov 3, 2020 - Posted by Rich Miller
* Seeing anything interesting? Hearing about any problems? Let us know. Bored and looking for something to do? Go take a ride and look around and report back. Also, how’s the weather by you? Absolutely gorgeous here in Springfield.
…Adding… From the DuPage County Clerk as of 9:30 this morning…
DuPage County General Election
11-3-2020 9:30 AM
61% Voter Turnout
43,791 Voters Today
397,649 Voters Total
190,689 Early Voters*
163,169 Verified Mail Voters
651,879 Registered Voters
Early Voting Location Voters
2008 – 96,369
2012 – 78,561
2016 – 108,902
2018 – 89,665
2020 – 190,689* (9-24-2020 – 11-2-2020)
*In previous elections, early voting location voter statistics did not include “in-person absentee”.
Vote by Mail Applicants
2016 – 32,126
2018 – 42,338
2020 – 212,816
Historic General Election Voter Turnout
2016 Turnout – 70.6% Ballots Cast – 434,050 Registered Voters – 614,752
2012 Turnout – 71.4% Ballots Cast – 400,601 Registered Voters – 560,718
2008 Turnout – 76.3% Ballots Cast – 420,397 Registered Voters – 551,280
2004 Turnout – 76.1% Ballots Cast – 404,117 Registered Voters – 530,732
2000 Turnout – 76.5% Ballots Cast – 369,300 Registered Voters – 482,789
…Adding… Here are links to live coverage updates from Illinois media outlets. If you know of others, mention them in comments and I’ll add links as we go along…
* Sun-Times
* Tribune
* NBC 5
* CBS 2
* SJ-R
* The Southern Illinoisan
* BND
* QC Times
- Flyin' Elvis'-Utah Chapter - Tuesday, Nov 3, 20 @ 10:28 am:
Sunny with highs in the upper 60’s in Union county. If you don’t vote in weather like this, you aren’t going to vote period.
- drama mama - Tuesday, Nov 3, 20 @ 10:30 am:
Lots of voters being told to wait hours in Kendall County. Judges won’t let them surrender their ballots and vote.
- State Sen. Clay Davis - Tuesday, Nov 3, 20 @ 10:32 am:
Kudos to the election judge recruitment drive. My northside Chicago polling place has 3 precincts and what looks like 18 judges.
- Yellow Dog Democrat - Tuesday, Nov 3, 20 @ 10:33 am:
Wait what Drama mamma?
Election judges wont accept mail-in ballots?
Mail-in ballots should still be accepted at the clerk’s office, are they being told that?
- BobCL - Tuesday, Nov 3, 20 @ 10:36 am:
Walking outside, good advice; kicked some leaves when it’s all said, its blowing in the wind.
- Yellow Dog Democrat - Tuesday, Nov 3, 20 @ 10:39 am:
About 500K ballots cast in DuPage County when all is said and done, crushing earlier vote totals, 350K from early voting.
Not great news for the GOP, but what will it mean for the Fair Tax?
- PublicServant - Tuesday, Nov 3, 20 @ 10:42 am:
YDD, I think she means that votors who requested a mail-in ballot, but then decided to vote in-person and surrender the previously mailed vote-by-mail ballot that they received are not being allowed to vote. That needs immediate correction.
- DownSouth - Tuesday, Nov 3, 20 @ 10:42 am:
Thank you folks for the kind words this AM
Just to clarify, I wasn’t off to duck hunt (season here isn’t open yet).
Didn’t lecture anyone - just commented in passing, in a good natured way to a judge I have known personally for 30+ years.
Passed a couple of other polling places, no lines, not a lot of cars at either one. Folks coming and going mostly masked.
When checking with friend in neighboring town - few masked voters, couple of un masked judges, and while more crowded than usual, all moving efficiently and without incident.
Quite a great and lovely morning out and about at Pyramid SRA -
One of the resident pairs of eagles standing watch in their usual tree near Super Lake - hoping for a stray duck, weak from migration goose. or easy to grab bass for breakfast. Handsome 8 pointer chased a hot doe across the bean stubble - she seemed to want no part of him just yet.
Especially delighted to see a cruising “grey ghost” (northern harrier), and her more dull brown male counterparts, and the first short eared owl of the season.
Had a lovey conversation with young researcher from SIU-C there doing bird counts.
The moon shining brilliant white in a the bright blue morning sky, just above the golds, red, and oranges of the leaves - just added bonus.
Go outside and zen out folks - this election business will go on just fine while you soak up some Vitamin D!
- RWP - Tuesday, Nov 3, 20 @ 10:47 am:
Just came back from Cook Co., Bloom pct 2. Busy but fast. In and out within 10 minutes. The Cook County Clerk has groups 6 precinct together so there are many people coming and going, however, not overwhelming.
- 1st Ward - Tuesday, Nov 3, 20 @ 10:49 am:
The Illinois Election Project and Hinz shows material higher turnout in the city/collars compared to downstate in early voting. Will be interesting.
Block Club reporting that people were waiting outside at 6AM at a Garfield Park polling place only to have it moved last minute. The one it was moved to had broken machines and lacked pens/pencils. Not a good look.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/11/03/election-day-2020-in-chicago-after-record-early-voting-numbers-turnout-remains-strong-on-election-day/
- PublicServant - Tuesday, Nov 3, 20 @ 10:50 am:
YDD, I think she means that voters who requested a mail-in ballot, but then decided to vote in-person and turn in the uncompleted, previously mailed vote-by-mail ballot that they received are not being allowed to vote. That needs immediate correction.
- Cool Papa Bell - Tuesday, Nov 3, 20 @ 10:54 am:
I might vote at the same polling place as Rich. Easy in and out in the mid-morning.
Bustling but no real wait for me. Was thrown by the amount of cars in the lot but then realized it was mostly poll workers.
Can’t say I’ve seen that many workers during an election day in the past. I usually vote after work but didn’t want to get caught waiting if that was going to be the direction of things.
- bored now - Tuesday, Nov 3, 20 @ 10:55 am:
thanks for this
- Chatham Resident - Tuesday, Nov 3, 20 @ 11:10 am:
Another case of the “wrong district” problem.
One of the polling places within Chatham village limits had signs for both Rodney Davis and Betsy Dirksen Londrigan, when I went past to run errands around 9:30. Sorry (or fortunately for us in this cycle), none of the Chatham city limits are in the 13th. It’s all in the 18th (LaHood-Petrelli).
- Seats - Tuesday, Nov 3, 20 @ 11:59 am:
Voted in LaSalle County yesterday. 30 minute wait time. Hearing wait times today have been about 15 minutes.
- Seats - Tuesday, Nov 3, 20 @ 12:01 pm:
Just over a 30 minute wait yesterday in LaSalle County. Word from friends voting today is wait times between 10-20 minutes mostly.
- Cler Dcn - Tuesday, Nov 3, 20 @ 12:04 pm:
In Normal went about 10:40 no waiting at all maybe less busy than in the past. Workers were friendly and no issues with anything. Can it possibly stay that way? Around here yes but I am not sure in some places.
- Matt Dietrich - Tuesday, Nov 3, 20 @ 12:25 pm:
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When a voter surrenders a mail ballot, the election authority has to “unlock” the voter’s status so an in-person ballot can be cast. The line is a result of election judges going through this process.
- Springfield Westsider - Tuesday, Nov 3, 20 @ 12:31 pm:
Working as election judge in Capital 5 (Capital 4, 53 & 98 are also in same PP). So far, we got 90 voters. But the entire PP has been steady all day
- Fav human - Tuesday, Nov 3, 20 @ 12:36 pm:
At lunch time the line outside Gail Borden library in Elgin was out the door and close to the end of the sidewalk
- thisjustinagain - Tuesday, Nov 3, 20 @ 12:39 pm:
Riverdale IL, Thornton Township (just over Chicago border: At 11:30 am, no line outside the Township facility at 144th/Halsted. Parking lot not even filled; only a couple of campaigners outside 100 ft limit.
- Rich Miller - Tuesday, Nov 3, 20 @ 12:46 pm:
Move it on over to our fresh thread because I’m closing comments on this one: https://capitolfax.com/2020/11/03/early-afternoon-precinct-reports-4/