There were 426,773 ballots cast as of 3 p.m. Tuesday, according to the Chicago Board of Elections, which is projecting a similar turnout in the runoff election compared to the number of votes in February’s general election.
A resident in the 40th Ward gathers their documentation as they prepare to vote in the April 4 Chicago runoff election at the Budlong Woods Library polling location.
On Monday, the city set a municipal record with more than 30,000 early votes cast in a single day. By Monday night, the total number of early ballots sat at 292,591 — with 184,723 early votes and 107,868 vote-by-mail ballots. Bever said turnout across age groups is right in line with the February election. Voters 55 and older are responsible for 50% of total votes cast by 3 p.m., while 18-to-24-year-olds had cast just 14,070 ballots — or 3.3% of the overall total.
Voting issues have been few and far between thus far. Bever said 14 polling sites opened late Tuesday — matching the number of late-opening sites in February — but each of those locations opened by 7 a.m.“That Chicago tradition of having a drunk judge or somebody to remove first thing in the morning doesn’t seem to have held,” Bever said.
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