Early Voting Turnout Shatters Records

Early Voting Turnout Shatters Records


More than 544,000 people have voted early in the Chicago area, the Tribune reports:

By the time early voting is over Thursday, 697,000 people are expected to have cast ballots before Election Day. There are about 4.76 million registered voters in the six-county area.

"Each day seems to break a record," Cook County Clerk David Orr said. "This is the most intense presidential election I've ever seen. People are willing to stand and wait. They're just so intent on it."

Orr said more than 10,000 people have voted in Orland Park, and 8,500 have made their way to the polls in Wheeling.

In Chicago, early turnout is expected to exceed 25 percent of the total vote, or about 245,000 of the 1.2 million expected to cast ballots.

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