Chicago early voting lags behind 2020 numbers as Election Day nears

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Chicago early voting lags behind 2020 numbers as Election Day nears
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More than 400,000 ballots have already been cast in the city of Chicago, but those numbers are lagging behind vote tallies from the COVID-affected 2020 election…

More than 400,000 ballots have already been cast in the city of Chicago, but those numbers are lagging behind vote tallies from the COVID-affected 2020 election cycle.

Early voting was also more popular during the COVID year, with 330,467 ballots having been cast at sites by the final Saturday of the campaign cycle. The numbers for this year are still far superior to those from 2016, with a 25.4% increase in the number of voters casting ballots at early voting sites or via mail-in ballots.. The city’s supersite at 191 North Clark and the Chicago Board of Elections’ office at 69 West Washington will be open on Monday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.Those two sites will not be open on Election Day, but the 50 early voting sites in the city’s wards will be from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.

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