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The potentially suppressed turnout of election-day voting as a result of virus concerns was partially offset by high in-person early voting and mail-in ballot numbers. [6] 339,000 people cast early votes, a record number, with Chicago seeing 172,000, and the rest of Cook County seeing 167,000 early votes, a record for each jurisdiction. [6]
The 2020 Illinois Republican presidential primary was held on March 17, 2020, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Republican Party's state primaries ahead of the 2020 presidential election. Incumbent president Donald Trump won the primary with over 96 percent of the vote. [ 9 ]
On June 16, 2020, Governor J. B. Pritzker signed a bill aimed at making it safer to vote in the November election. To encourage voting by mail, citizens who voted in the primary election, the 2019 local elections, or the 2018 general election were to be sent applications for mail-in ballots by August 1, 2020. The bill also made November 3 a ...
Early voting expanded citywide on Monday, with polling places opening in all 50 wards. But voter turnout remains low - something the Board of Elections hopes improves in the next two weeks.
Early voting is nowhere near what some people estimated: 4.2 million Americans have already cast their ballots. That's down 45% from this point in 2020.
Chicago, Illinois prepare for record-busting Vote By Mail turnout for November 2020 election. July 4, 2020 at 10:41 AM. The general election is only four months away! Show comments.
The MTV campaign launched with partners across media, consumer brands, and advocacy organizations, and its advantage of being independent. [8]The bipartisan initiative “Vote Early Day 2020” recruited companies to motivate people to vote by absentee ballots or in person early in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
With days until Election Day, Republicans have sliced in half the Democrats' 14-percentage point early-vote advantage from 2020. It's now a 7-point edge for Democrats.