Politics & Government
More than 1,400 Ballots Cast at Lemont Library During First Week of Early Voting
Arlington Heights had the highest early voter turnout in suburban Cook County, with 6,059 people hitting the polls during the first week of early voting, Oct. 22-28. Lemont residents can vote early through Nov. 3 at the local library.
A total of 1,478 Lemont voters cast their ballots in the Nov. 6 Presidential election in the first week of early voting Oct. 22-28 at the Lemont Public Library.
Arlington Heights had the highest turnout in suburban Cook County during the first week of early voting, with 6,059 people casting their ballots. Orland Township came in second with 5,822. Across all Cook County suburbs, 97,129 people voted early through Oct. 28
"If voters keep turning out in such large numbers, we may reach the Early Voting record set in 2008," said Cook County Clerk David Orr.
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Turnout is up 84 percent when compared with the first week of Early Voting in 2008, and up 18 percent over the second week in 2008, Orr said.
However, the clerk said, comparing against 2008 is tricky because the Early Voting period is different. Early Voting began a week later this year and extends two days longer – to Nov. 2 and 3, the Friday and Saturday before the election.
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When looking at total ballots cast up until nine days before the election, there were 135,083 in 2008 and 97,129 during the current Early Voting period.
But single-day turnout figures hit 17,000 much sooner this year - day five versus day 15 - and two sites (Arlington Heights, Orland) have already served 5,000 or more voters.
On Monday, more than 13,000 voters participated by 2 p.m., pushing the total number of early voters over 110,000.
"All signs point toward heavy turnout through Saturday," Orr said.
Suburban Cook County voters can vote at any of the Clerk's 44 Early Voting sites from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Nov. 3.
A daily breakdown of Early Voting turnout by site is available at cookcountyclerk.com. Voters can visit the website or review the list below to see which locations are the busiest.
State law requires early voters to display a government-issued photo ID to an election official before voting early. Some valid forms of photo ID include: a driver's license, state-issued ID card, passport, or student ID.
Early Voting totals shown below are from October 22-28.
Early Voting Location
Total
Arlington Heights Village Hall
6,059
Orland Township
5,822
Matteson Village Hall
4,569
Evanston Civic Center
4,283
Schaumburg Public Library
3,949
Faith Family Future Center
3,942
Oak Park Village Hall
3,519
Northbrook Village Hall
3,514
Palatine Village Hall
3,373
Community Recreation Center
3,230
Calumet City Library
3,163
Oak Lawn Village Hall
3,066
Glenview Village Hall
2,967
Hodgkins Village Hall
2,883
Skokie Village Hall
2,802
Des Plaines City Hall
2,451
Chicago Heights City Hall
2,238
69 W. Washington Pedway
2,237
Park Ridge City Hall
2,225
Oak Forest City Hall
2,220
Palos Heights Administration Building
2,122
Streamwood Village Hall
2,032
Bellwood Village Hall
1,999
Park Forest Village Hall
1,999
Hoffman Estates Village Hall
1,870
Calumet Twp Community Center
1,636
Elk Grove Village Hall
1,634
Melrose Park Village Hall
1,561
Lemont Library District
1,478
Niles Village Hall
1,433
Alsip Village Hall
1,409
Markham Courthouse Rm. 238
1,331
Berwyn City Hall
1,216
Barrington Township Hall
1,049
Elmwood Park Village Hall
1,009
Norridge Village Hall
868
Stickney-Forest View Library
739
Skokie Courthouse Rm. 149
568
Whitcomb Building Rm. 104
554
Cicero Community Center
545
Bridgeview Courthouse Rm. 238
509
Rolling Meadows Courthouse Rm. 238
401
Cicero PSO Building
356
69 W. Washington 5th Floor
171
Total
97,129
Vote Early until Nov. 3 at Lemont Public Library
Skip the lines at the polls on Election Day, Nov. 6, and vote early. The Lemont Public Library at 50 E. Wend St. will serve as a site for early voting for Cook County suburban voters for the Nov. 6, 2012 Presidential Election beginning Monday, Oct. 22, and continue through Saturday, Nov. 3.
Early voting will be available in the library’s meeting room from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. (No Sunday hours). For more information on early voting at the library, click here.
State law requires early voters to display valid photo identification to an election official before receiving a ballot to vote early. Valid forms of ID include a current driver’s license, state-issued ID card, university/college ID or another government-issued ID with a photograph.
Editor’s note: Some information for this story was provided by the office of Cook County Clerk David Orr.
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