Despite coronavirus anxiety and problems at the polls, Cook County and Chicago avoid record-low turnout in primary election – Chicago Tribune

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.

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