As of 7 p.m., with five Chicago polling places staying open an extra hour, Chicago election officials were reporting that 282,333 voters had gone to the polls during the day. Combined with a record high 171,709 early voters, that meant turnout was hovering around 30%, before adding in mail-in ballots and provisional ballots cast Tuesday.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.