Early voting for the Nov. 8 General Election gets underway downtown
The two sites, which opened Friday, are at 191 N. Clark St. and on the sixth floor at 69 W. Washington St.
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The two sites, which opened Friday, are at 191 N. Clark St. and on the sixth floor at 69 W. Washington St.
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Sweeping changes may cause confusion on Election Day as assigned polling locations are being altered.
“We have a serious shortage of judges and poll workers,” Cook County Clerk Yarbrough said. “The clerk’s office manages elections in suburban Cook County and we’ve seen our number of election judges shrink significantly in recent years. Over the last eight years, we’ve seen a reduction of about 40%.”
The change is a nearly 40% decrease that will put twice as many voters in each precinct. The Chicago Board of Elections has created 1,290 precincts with an average of 1,165 voters per precinct. Previously, the city had 2,069 voter precincts with an average of 550 to 750 voters per precinct.