Tia, Jacob and Faith Nichols of Sauk Village and Adellar Laye of Park Forest showed up shortly after 8:30 a.m. Saturday morning at Park Forest Village Hall to be first in line for early voting. The lines were steady all day long. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski)
Cook County, IL-(ENEWSPF)- More than 97,000 suburban Cook County voters participated during the first week of Early Voting, Clerk David Orr announced Monday.
1,999 voted at Park Forest Village Hall, according to the clerk’s office.
"If voters keep turning out in such large numbers, we may reach the Early Voting record set in 2008," Orr said.
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.
However, 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 the Friday and Saturday before the election.
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 5 versus Day 15 – and two sites (Arlington Heights, Orland) already served 5,000 or more voters.
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 |