One million mail-in ballots have been requested so far in Illinois. The trends are pointing to the greatest number of ballots ever mailed in for an Illinois election and more than likely in 49 other states.

That is going to lead to possible bottlenecks on Election Night. For all the work that is being done to make sure those ballots arrive from the post office they also need to be counted and US Senator Dick Durbin says the public better be ready to wait for a while for a final result.

Vote by mail ballots in Illinois will be mailed out by the end of the month.