Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Early Voting Expands Today


Early Voting locations and times at the Champaign County Clerk website and below. If you still need to register to vote, more information on Grace Period Registration here. If you're voting by mail and waiting until the last minute, you're here at the last minute. More from the News-Gazette:
Early voting now in high gear: 8 voting sites available today for casting ballots
Early voting in Champaign County expands to eight satellite sites today, and County Clerk Gordy Hulten said he thinks that 5,000 or more people could vote before Election Day.

That would be well over 20 percent of the anticipated turnout of around 24,000 to 25,000 total votes.

“We’re at 2,700 ballots cast right now,” he said Monday afternoon, “and we still have 1,000 Democratic voteby- mail ballots out and 500 Republican ballots out, so I think it’s reasonable to think that three-quarters of those will come back. That’s another 1,200 votes.

“That gets us to 3,900, and I think we’ll certainly be over 5,000 ballots cast prior to Election Day, maybe significantly beyond that.”

Once voters try voting by mail or early voting one time, he said, “they very rarely go back to voting on Election Day.”
A possible indicator of University turnout being lower was also mentioned last night in the web N-G:
Turnout for UI student elections doesn't bode well for primary
If student elections held Wednesday and Thursday at the University of Illinois are any indication, the prospects for campus turnout in the March 20 Illinois primary don't look good, especially since it falls during spring break.

Campuswide participation in last week's election was just 11.78 percent, down from just under 15 percent in 2017.
Only time will tell if the student Get Out The Vote efforts by the various campaigns and non-partisan groups will prove that prediction wrong.


Early Voting Locations and Times:

Office of the Champaign County Clerk

1776 East Washington Street, Urbana - Map
  • Thursday, February 8 through Friday, March 9: weekdays 8:00am - 4:30pm
  • Monday, February 19: President's Day open for voting only 8:00 - 4:30pm
  • Monday, March 12 through Friday, March 16: weekdays 8:00am - 7:00pm
  • Saturday, March 17: 9:00am - 4:00pm
  • Sunday, March 18: 9:00am - 4:00pm
  • Monday, March 19: 8:00am - 7:00pm

UI Campus: Illini Union - Room 213

1401 West Green Street, Urbana - Map
  • Tuesday, March 13 through Friday, March 16: 10:00am - 6:00pm
  • Saturday, March 17: 10:00am - 1:00pm
  • Sunday, March 18: 1:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Monday, March 19: 10:00am - 6:00pm

North Champaign: The Church of the Living God

312 East Bradley, Champaign - Map
  • Tuesday, March 13 through Friday, March 16: 10:00am - 6:00pm
  • Saturday, March 17: 10:00am - 1:00pm
  • Sunday, March 18: 1:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Monday, March 19: 10:00am - 6:00pm

West Champaign: Leonhard Recreation Center

2307 Sangamon Drive, Champaign - Map
  • Tuesday, March 13 through Friday, March 16: 10:00am - 6:00pm
  • Saturday, March 17: 10:00am - 1:00pm
  • Sunday, March 18: 1:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Monday, March 19: 10:00am - 6:00pm

Southwest Champaign: Meadowbrook Community Church

1902 South Duncan Road, Champaign - Map
  • Tuesday, March 13 through Friday, March 16: 10:00am - 6:00pm
  • Saturday, March 17: 10:00am - 1:00pm
  • Sunday, March 18: 1:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Monday, March 19: 10:00am - 6:00pm

Mahomet: Lake of the Woods Pavilion

Lake of the Woods Road, Mahomet - Map
  • Tuesday, March 13 through Friday, March 16: 10:00am - 6:00pm
  • Saturday, March 17: 10:00am - 1:00pm
  • Sunday, March 18: 1:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Monday, March 19: 10:00am - 6:00pm

Rantoul: The Gathering Place (First United Methodist Church)

200 South Century Blvd, Rantoul - Map
  • Tuesday, March 13 through Friday, March 16: 10:00am - 6:00pm
  • Saturday, March 17: 10:00am - 1:00pm
  • Sunday, March 18: 1:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Monday, March 19: 10:00am - 6:00pm

St. Joseph: Prince of Peace Lutheran Church

802 East Douglas, St. Joseph - Map
  • Tuesday, March 13 through Friday, March 16: 10:00am - 6:00pm
  • Saturday, March 17: 10:00am - 1:00pm
  • Sunday, March 18: 1:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Monday, March 19: 10:00am - 6:00pm

Tolono Public Library

111 East Main Street, Tolono - Map
  • Tuesday, March 13 through Friday, March 16: 10:00am - 6:00pm
  • Saturday, March 17: 10:00am - 1:00pm
  • Sunday, March 18: 1:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Monday, March 19: 10:00am - 6:00pm

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