Election officials in Chicago said pre-Election Day turnout has increased in recent weeks after turnout about a month ago had seemed low.
“Now we’re looking healthier,” Chicago Board of Election Commissioners spokesperson Max Bever said. “Compared to 2018, we’re nipping at the heels.”
Increased use of vote by mail and people’s acceptance of it is an offshoot of the pandemic 2020 election year. In future elections, the option for people to automatically get a vote-by-mail ballot rather than request one each election is likely to increase as an option. The number of vote-by-mail ballots returned in DuPage County by Tuesday dwarfed the number returned at the same point during the 2018 election. Voters had returned 44,950 as of Tuesday morning, compared with 17,006 the week before the 2018 general election, according to data shared by DuPage County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek’s office.Though the number of in-person early votes cast had dropped by nearly 10,000, pre-Election Day voting is up about 18,000 due to the spike in mail-in ballots.
“A lot of the policies that are in place that make it easier for people to participate are showing their proof now,” he said. “If all you’re doing is rearranging the furniture, you really haven’t done anything in terms of participation,” Redfield said.
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