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…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

posted by Rich Miller
Tuesday, Nov 3, 20 @ 10:22 am

Comments

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.

Comment by Flyin' Elvis'-Utah Chapter Tuesday, Nov 3, 20 @ 10:28 am
Lots of voters being told to wait hours in Kendall County. Judges won’t let them surrender their ballots and vote.

Comment by drama mama Tuesday, Nov 3, 20 @ 10:30 am
Kudos to the election judge recruitment drive. My northside Chicago polling place has 3 precincts and what looks like 18 judges.

Comment by State Sen. Clay Davis Tuesday, Nov 3, 20 @ 10:32 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?

Comment by Yellow Dog Democrat Tuesday, Nov 3, 20 @ 10:33 am
Walking outside, good advice; kicked some leaves when it’s all said, its blowing in the wind.

Comment by BobCL Tuesday, Nov 3, 20 @ 10:36 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?

Comment by Yellow Dog Democrat Tuesday, Nov 3, 20 @ 10:39 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.

Comment by PublicServant 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!

Comment by DownSouth Tuesday, Nov 3, 20 @ 10:42 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.

Comment by RWP Tuesday, Nov 3, 20 @ 10:47 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/

Comment by 1st Ward Tuesday, Nov 3, 20 @ 10:49 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.

Comment by PublicServant Tuesday, Nov 3, 20 @ 10:50 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.

Comment by Cool Papa Bell Tuesday, Nov 3, 20 @ 10:54 am
thanks for this

Comment by bored now Tuesday, Nov 3, 20 @ 10:55 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).

Comment by Chatham Resident Tuesday, Nov 3, 20 @ 11:10 am
Voted in LaSalle County yesterday. 30 minute wait time. Hearing wait times today have been about 15 minutes.

Comment by Seats Tuesday, Nov 3, 20 @ 11:59 am
Just over a 30 minute wait yesterday in LaSalle County. Word from friends voting today is wait times between 10-20 minutes mostly.

Comment by Seats Tuesday, Nov 3, 20 @ 12:01 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.

Comment by Cler Dcn Tuesday, Nov 3, 20 @ 12:04 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.

Comment by Matt Dietrich Tuesday, Nov 3, 20 @ 12:25 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

Comment by Springfield Westsider Tuesday, Nov 3, 20 @ 12:31 pm
At lunch time the line outside Gail Borden library in Elgin was out the door and close to the end of the sidewalk

Comment by Fav human Tuesday, Nov 3, 20 @ 12:36 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.

Comment by thisjustinagain Tuesday, Nov 3, 20 @ 12:39 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/

Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Nov 3, 20 @ 12:46 pm