* Let’s start a fresh thread. Please make sure you say where your precinct is. Give us the weather, the turnout, the “feel” of the place, as well as the number and effectiveness of the precinct workers. Thanks!

…8:59 am… Springfield weather…

Sangamon County Clerk Joe Aiello said he’s sticking with his projection of a 56 percent voter turnout today despite inclement weather he suspects is having an effect on early voting. […]

He said he had been at several east side polling places early today and that turnout was “slow” — less than 10 percent — in those precincts.

“The rain is probably keeping some people away,” he said.

But with showers expected to end by early this afternoon, voting should pick up, he said.

…9:06 am… AccuWeather radar screen cap at 9:05…

…9:08 am… Bruce Rauner votes…

…9:16 am… Sun-Times…

At a polling station in the Uptown neighborhood, several voters said this campaign season’s unusually negative rhetoric didn’t deter them from voting.

“Hey, I’ve got fast forward on my commercials and DVR,” said Janis Tiffin, 67, a retired architect. “I don’t watch any of that.”

Craig Shaw, 30, said he felt like he didn’t have an excuse not to vote — since he lives just down the street from the polling station. […]

Caitlin Binder-Markey, 29, a teacher, said her motivation to come out to vote include fears about losing her pension and protecting her right to birth control.

I’m gonna have a ScribbleLive feed for our next round of precinct reports.