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* How’s it looking out there? Describe what you’re seeing: Number of people who’ve already voted, lines (if any), precinct workers (if any), glitches (if any) weather and anything else of note.

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posted by Rich Miller
Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 6:55 am

Comments

A friend in Chicago just reported that she showed up at her polling place and was told to come back later because only 2 of the 5 election officials were there. She’s staying.

Comment by Ann Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 6:59 am
Voted at 6:15, no lines at the Ottawa KC hall. Spent more time trying to figure out where to go in the polling place. There are 5 precincts in the same location. None had any lines. Judges were quick and efficient. I saw only 1 poll watcher. Nobody was in the parking lot handing out flyers.

Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 7:01 am
Lines starting to form in DuPage

Comment by Signal and Noise Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 7:06 am
Where in DuPage?

Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 7:06 am
Went to my polling location and there was no line. Maybe all the people who waited in long lines to vote early in order to avoid waiting in long lines on election day made it so that there will not be ANY lines on election day.

Comment by Stan Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 7:06 am
Busy in Murphy

Comment by Blue dog dem Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 7:09 am
Out here in rural 17th Congressional District, I arrived at 6:40 and was out by 6:50. Light turnout, but we’re rural and a lot of retirees and folks who farm.

Comment by Aldyth Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 7:10 am
Voted west side of Springfield. Steady but no lines, plenty of staff, easy. About half a dozen more people going in as I was going out. Light rain at the time.

Comment by anon Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 7:17 am
West suburban Cook - I was there when the polls opened and there were at least 20 people in line. When the doors opened, people arrived steadily afterwards, keeping the lines for 3 precincts at the polls about 8 people deep.

Comment by NoGifts Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 7:21 am
About a 10 min, wait in Springfield near west side area (Cap. 96). This is one of the “ground zero precincts” in the DelGorno/Jimenez race for the House 99th

Comment by Give Me A Break Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 7:26 am
Homer 18 WIll Co. Technical problems, pct. couldn’t get connected with ‘headquarters’. Long line out door. Fixed now. Steady flow voters arriving.

Comment by Odin Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 7:29 am
Marwig kids just putting up signs in park ridge polling spots. Looks like someone slept in.

Comment by Not again Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 7:33 am
30 in line in Oak Park at 6:15 AM to get ballots, with line growing by 6:30

Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 7:34 am
Winfield 23 far west central DuPage County
About 35 people voting. Very active same day registration table. Precinct is 40%+ Hispanic.

train111

Comment by train111 Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 7:35 am
Peotone voter number 83 will #10

Comment by double down Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 7:43 am
North Normal reached 100 voters the first 25 minutes. After the initial rush it has been steady. We have 4 judges checking voters on laptops with one of them registering voters–only 2 so far.

Comment by Nearly Normal Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 7:50 am
Voted at 6 am in a St Clair County precinct and was 45th in line with a full line behind me. Never saw so many cars.

Comment by stlboy Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 7:52 am
30-45 minute wait for 30, 9, and 11 on the north side of Chicago.

Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 7:53 am
=====Homer 18 WIll Co. Technical problems, pct. couldn’t get connected with ‘headquarters’. Long line out door. Fixed now. Steady flow voters arriving.====

Heard this was a countywide problem. They also wouldn’t let people vote provisionally and leave.

Comment by anonymous Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 7:54 am
Winfield #23 far west central DuPagr. About 35 votimg and a very active same day registration table.
Precinct is 40%+ Hispanic

Comment by train111 Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 7:58 am
25 in line before me at 6:00 am at Lamb’s Farm in Libertyville Township, Lake County. Never saw more than 6 in line before. Polls opened right on time, and the line moved along. No live electioneering but plenty of signs - huge sign for Bob Dold, little ones for Sente, Nerheim (State’s attorney), more Dold, Munger. None for Kirk or Trump so I planted both from my supply in the back of the truck before I left. Got on the train at the west Lake Forest train station (which is also a polling place) and sea of signs for Drury, Dold, other downballot races. Not much of a line, if any, at 7:30 am. Saw Mike Nerheim and got a selfie, then the Bob Dold bus pulled up and got a selfie with Congressman Bob himself.

Comment by Team America Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 8:01 am
Olympia Fields. No lines. 41 people had voted in my precinct. Asked for ID - I had left my wallet in the car, so I didn’t have it. No problem (especially when I said they didn’t need me to produce one). Voted electronically, no problems, but the paper record for review jammed after the first page. I reported it, they saw the problem, and left the machine in service with my first page of the paper review copy still in the window.

Comment by Archiesmom Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 8:03 am
The 2 precincts at my polling place had no line.

Comment by Highland IL Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 8:04 am
Voted at 6 am in DeWitt County rural precinct right after the, “Hear ye, hear ye” announcement. Second one to vote. No problems. Light rain.

Comment by Anon221 Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 8:11 am
Good morning Rich, have you voted? Where? Long / short lines? Weather?

Comment by Mama Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 8:15 am
Lakeview (Chicago).

I was the 22nd person in line at 5:58 AM (2 precincts at my polling place). Election judges did a nice job keeping the line moving, but people keep coming. 45 person line when I left at 6:20.

Comment by Robert the Bruce Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 8:17 am
Champaign 20 at 8 AM…no line but steady, voter #140, which is about half of 2012 at same time. Light rain, no problems at all, no strange ID requests, no vigilante poll watchers, no politicking outside other than local school referendum.

Comment by Jibba Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 8:18 am
Mrs. Team America reports in that there’s no more line at Lamb’s Farm at 8:15 am.

Comment by Team America Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 8:19 am
Rich, how many people voted in IL before today?

Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 8:19 am
(Chicago-Lakeview) The ballot request form used to match signature also asked for year of birth - is that new or am I old enough to forget that this is asked for every election?

Comment by Robert the Bruce Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 8:19 am
At 7am my polling place in northwest Chicago had no line for one precinct and probably a 10 minute line for the other.

Comment by charles in charge Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 8:22 am
Lots of people voting in eastern McHenry County

Comment by Anon Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 8:22 am
Champaign 20, voter #140 which is half of 2012 at same time, light rain, no problems at all, no line but steady. No strange requests, no politicking, no unauthorized poll watchers.

Comment by Jibba Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 8:23 am
Gilberts, voted around 830am, voting booths full, lines are short , staff very efficient , in and out 10 min max

Comment by jon r Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 8:23 am
Drove around 5 polling places in Alton/Godfrey at 7:45 and didn’t see any long lines. One of the churches had lots of cars, but no lines out the door or anything. At one polling place in a predominantly black part of town I saw a guy wearing camouflage and an orange vest just beyond the electioneering boundary. Just standing there. Not sure if he is one of Trump’s “poll monitors” or what. Didn’t seem to be bothering the few people that walked by him. Maybe he was just going hunting!

Comment by JohnnyPyleDriver Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 8:23 am
Bloomingdale / Addison

Also, The DuPage Election Commission apparently misinformed their judges that absentee requestors can only vote in person provisionally. Law says they should receive a regular ballot.

Comment by Signal and Noise Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 8:23 am
Just had a report from a friend in Steger, and she said she had never seen lines as long.

Comment by Archiesmom Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 8:24 am
Packed in 4 Springfield precincts @ 7:45 a.m. (Southside Christian Church). This is DelGiorno/Jimenez territory. Drizzling a bit, but already 77 votes in my precinct. 25% of Sangamon County has already voted.

Comment by FIREDup! Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 8:25 am
East Peoria Eastside Center…Was told about 20 people in line when poll opened and been steady since. At 8am when I went in there was 14 people.

Everything looks efficient and people are in a good mood.

Comment by FormerParatrooper Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 8:29 am
South Sangamon county, light rain and already 100+ votes at 7:15am. No wait but the parking lot was full.

Comment by DGD Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 8:29 am
Surprised in Bloomington no line got right in and right out no wait. Did not have to show an ID they took my signature and it was fast. I could not really tell if many had voted maybe earlier before 7:30 but it was a bigger group working the polling place we have 2 precincts that vote at the same Church.

Comment by Cleric dcn Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 8:29 am
Six precincts in Streeterville all had long lines this morning. I don’t recall seeing lines like this in the past.

It was made worse by the fact that one apartment building was telling residents they could vote anywhere. As such, most went across the street, where the judges were having them vote provisional.

Turns out they should have been sent to a precinct about three blocks away.

Comment by Gooner Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 8:32 am
My husband and I were ready to leave the house at 5:45 am but it’s only 2 minute drive into the church in Hopedale where both precincts vote, so we hung out with the dog for awhile and left at 6 am. To our surprise there were lots of cars in the parking lot! Our precinct’s table had a line, the other did not. I was voting at 6:15 am.

I served as an election judge twice. It’s not as easy as it looks. My husband thanked them for their work as we waited in line.

Down here in farm country, there are a lot of local races that have Republicans running unopposed.

Comment by Dog Lover Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 8:33 am
One more note — as usual, it was incredibly difficult to reach the Board of Elections by phone. It is a problem that comes up every election.

Comment by Gooner Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 8:34 am
Busy but no wait in edgewater. Well staffed as usual where I am. Happy to report I went 8 for 8 — only voted for women!

Comment by Lurker Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 8:34 am
Over 60 people in line at 8am this morning at Village Hall in Lombard (DuPage County).

Comment by LocalGuy Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 8:36 am
32nd ward, precinct 21, Roscoe Village, arrived 6:05, line of about 30 people for precinct 21 and 25. Finished voting at 6:40 pm. I asked the first precinct judge who gave me the form to fill out “Why do we have to give year of birth?” We provide our name, address and signature–do they not have the capability to check signatures any more. The first judge had no idea. I then asked the two judges who checked me in–the first made a joke about it (”I’m not asking you your year of birth..”) but when I replied that you haven’t really answered my question, the other judge offered that she thought it was because there are multiple generations living at the same address and so it eliminates confusion.

I think it is wrong and I said so.

Robert the Bruce: Asking for your year of birth is new this time, didn’t even do it for the primary.

Comment by 32nd Ward Roscoe Village Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 8:36 am
Chicago’s 47th ward has lines, but judges are handling it great and everybody is in good spirits! Its very organized and lots of signs supporting democratic candidates. Over the past few weeks, multiple volunteers have come and knocked on my door to remind us to vote (we are reliable democrats). They were professional and informed. I predict that the 47th ward will run up the score for Hillary, and all the women on the ballot!!!

Comment by Anon Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 8:37 am
Voted in 13th Cong Dist, Clearlake 7, at approx 7:30am. 102 people had voted. Light drizzle. Two people in front of me when I walked in and the crowd was picking up when I left.

Comment by L.A. Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 8:40 am
60 plus people in line today in Bloomingdale at 6:15. Now a steady 7-8 moving though at a time.

Comment by Lech W Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 8:42 am
Voted this morning at 7:30 in Springfield, near Toronto Road. It was quick and efficient. I was in and out in 10 minutes.

Comment by wiseguy97 Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 8:42 am
Frankfort-fairly sparse when I arrived, but a small line by the time I left. Voter #157 at 8:10 am.

Comment by Anon Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 8:44 am
Near west side Chicago. My workplace is a voting site and early voting site. Last night, hundreds of people waited a very long time to early vote. Then it was packed again very early this morning, but by 7:30am there was no waiting.

Comment by Jenwomon Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 8:46 am
1st Ward was relatively light at 6:00. Had to wait 30 minutes and the election judge forgot to initial some ballots (including mine).

Make sure you guys go to the right precinct area in polling places with multiple precincts to speed things up!

Comment by Clark Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 8:47 am
steady stream of voters in steady drizzle on west side of Springfield. Big line for first time registrants to sign up to vote as you walked in the door….

Comment by flea Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 8:49 am
** only voted for women **

That makes sense. /s

Comment by DGD Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 8:50 am
I’m closing this one out because we have a fresh thread: https://capitolfax.com/2016/11/08/mid-morning-precinct-reports-2/

Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 8:51 am
My mom just called during a break from being an election judge in the middle of nowhere, Cumberland County, Jewett, IL, I believe. She said they have had a voter a minute and all are Trump, Trump, Trump. Ugh.

Comment by Anon Tuesday, Nov 8, 16 @ 8:51 am