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More People Took Advantage of Early Voting Period During March Primary

WHILE OVERALL VOTER TURNOUT NUMBERS WON’T BE AVAILABLE UNTIL NEXT MONTH…THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SAYS MORE PEOPLE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF EARLY VOTING FOR THE PRIMARY. 
 
437 THOUSAND ILLINOIS VOTERS CAST THEIR BALLOTS EARLY. THAT’S MORE THAN DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO EARLY VOTED IN THE 2014 GUBERNATORIAL PRIMARY SAYS ELECTIONS SPOKESPERSON MATT DIETRICH.
 
 
DIETRICH SAYS MORE THAN TWICE AS MANY VOTERS CAST A BALLOT BEFORE ELECTION DAY AS THEY DID IN THE LAST GUBERNATORIAL PRIMARY IN 2014.
 
 
DIETRICH SAYS THEY WON’T KNOW UNTIL ALL THE NUMBERS ARE IN IF THE INCREASE IN EARLY VOTING IS DUE TO THE ACTUAL RACES OR THAT VOTERS ARE GETTING MORE USED TO THE IDEA OF CASTING A BALLOT BEFORE ELECTION DAY.

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