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Cadfael

(1,342 posts) Thu Sep 24, 2020, 07:33 PM Sep 2020

Long Lines, 2-Hour Wait Reported on First Day of Early Voting in DuPage County

“Video shows in-person early voters in a socially distanced long line with an almost two-hour wait at the Dupage County Fairgrounds. Multiple suburban counties in Illinois are among those offering in-person early voting beginning Thursday.”

https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/in-person-early-voting-begins-in-some-illinois-counties-with-long-lines-two-hour-wait/2344034/

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Long Lines, 2-Hour Wait Reported on First Day of Early Voting in DuPage County (Original Post) Cadfael Sep 2020 OP

Yay! We know who socially distances soothsayer Sep 2020 #1

They had to stay open past hours Cadfael Sep 2020 #2

I hope that we keep this up, and it is as portentous as it seems Salviati Sep 2020 #3

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)

1. Yay! We know who socially distances

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Thu Sep 24, 2020, 07:34 PM

Sep 2020

Cadfael

(1,342 posts)

2. They had to stay open past hours

Reply to soothsayer (Reply #1)

Thu Sep 24, 2020, 07:42 PM

Sep 2020

In order to accommodate the people who were in line at closing time. They’ve never seen this kind of turn out for the first day of early voting in the county.

From the Tribune article about today: “ The Wheaton site was the only early voting location operating Thursday in DuPage County. By the end of the day, 660 voters had cast their ballots to vote at the location, which at times saw lines that stretched around the county fairgrounds.
Adam Johnson, chief deputy of the DuPage County clerk’s office, said the longer wait times were due to the unprecedented number of people who came out to vote.
“We were prepared for the possibility that there would be a large turnout,” Johnson said, “but even then we did not anticipate the number of voters who ended up showing up.”

More at : https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-early-voting-wait-times-20200924-mp6e65xgezd7xfibofklwdosoa-story.html

Salviati

(6,037 posts)

3. I hope that we keep this up, and it is as portentous as it seems

Reply to Cadfael (Reply #2)

Thu Sep 24, 2020, 08:36 PM

Sep 2020

If this keeps up, I have the feeling that there will be a lot of republican politicians with a Yamamoto quote on their minds...

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