Early Voting Data

Tucked in an article about a former County Board member, notorious for railing against bureaucracy, dealing with a bureaucratic nightmare about his proof of citizenship and retirement benefits was some Early Voting election data from the County Clerk:

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Early voting

Champaign County Clerk Gordy Hulten reports that the number of vote-by-mail requests for the March 20 primary election is "three to four times" higher than it was for the comparable primary in 2014.

As of Tuesday afternoon, he said he had 1,963 requests for vote-by-mail ballots, and 1,217 of them were for Democratic ballots.

Conversely, there had also been 160 in-person early voters at the clerk's office in Urbana by Tuesday afternoon, and 74 of them requested Republican ballots.

Hulten said his office is promoting early voting because the University of Illinois and most area school districts will be out of session during the week of the primary.

Also a good reminder that Early Voting and Vote-By-Mail has begun. If you want to make sure you're registered to vote 28 days before the election, you still have time. More information on County elections with sample ballots, links to local candidate guides and news coverage at our Elections page.