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Oct 20, 2008 9:04 pm US/Central

City, County Set Early Voting Records

CHICAGO (Sun-Times Media Wire) ― Chicago and suburban Cook County broke their respective single-day Early Voting records Monday, according to the Cook County Board of Elections office. Cook County has a new cumulative Early Voting record and the city is on the verge of breaking the cumulative mark, a release from the clerk's office said.

Chicago had 12,200 ballots cast Monday as of 5:15 p.m. with some voters still casting ballots at various sites. The previous record was 11,971 on the last day of the program, and there is still 10 days to go in early voting, which ends Oct. 30.

In terms of total count, Chicago has more than 76,500 ballots cast in the first eight days, and on Oct. 21, the city will surpass its 18-day cumulative Early Voting record (81,690), the release said.

According to Cook County Clerk David Orr's staff, suburban Cook County on Monday also set a single-day Early Voting record with 10,655 ballots. Suburban Cook has now cast 63,513 ballots in eight days. Cook is past its 18-day cumulative record of 50,655.

Grace-period registration/voting in Illinois -- for all the procrastinators who still haven't registered to vote -- ends Tuesday.

(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2009. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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