Due to ongoing effects of the pandemic, 73 precincts across Chicago will be without an election site for the June 28 primary election.
by the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners to close the 73 polling places. The board said it hasn’t been able to secure voting locations in those precincts, and it is “unlikely” such replacements will be found before Election Day, according to its complaint filed May 27.The elimination of those election sites affects about 59,015 registered voters, according to board spokesman Max Bever.
, which will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. on June 28 for same-day voter registration and ballot casting.In its request to the court, the board wrote that “due to the ongoing challenges caused by the disastrous health and safety pandemic, numerous polling place proprietors have informed the board that they are canceling their participation as election precincts and the board may not use those locations for public voting purposes.
The affected voters will receive mailed notices later this week, as well as calls and emails if the board has voters’ contact information, Bever said.Securing polling sites has become a greater challenge over the past few election cycles, Bever said, but the board ran into a “perfect storm of issues” for the June 28 election, from accessibility and security issues to traditional polling places opting out due to the pandemic.
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