By Saturday night, half of DuPage County’s voters had cast
ballots for the 2020 General Election. The combination of 171,539 early voting
site voters and 156,271 mail voters totaled 327,810 at 10:15 AM today,
surpassing 50% percent turnout.
“In terms of ballots cast, we’ve already hit the
three-quarter mark of 2016 record final turnout – 434,050 – less than two days
from Election Day,” DuPage County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek said. “Nationwide, high
voter turnout has been predicted for months. It appears that so far the numbers
in DuPage are fulfilling that prediction, despite the ongoing pandemic.”
“At this rate, even light turnout on Nov. 3rd
would break the record. I believe we’ll make it, especially with the highest
number of registered voters going into a general election,” Kaczmarek said.
“The forecast for Tuesday is warm and sunny – absolute perfect weather for
voting.”
Over 39,000 mail ballots are still outstanding of 212,816
requested. “Your voice will not be heard if you leave that ballot on the
kitchen counter. Return it now. Please,” Kaczmarek urged.
Voters may return voted mail
ballots via the following options: drop boxes located at the south parking lot
and main entrance of the Jack T. Knuepfer Administration Building, 421 County
Farm Road, Wheaton, or at drop boxes located at any DuPage County Early Voting
location or Election Day polling place.
DuPage County is entering the 2020 General Election with
648,764 registered voters. Nearly 50,000 voters have registered within the past
year.
DuPage County voters who had
not yet voted were notified of their Nov. 3rd polling place location
with postcards, in addition to inserts published in area newspapers. Voters can
also check their Nov. 3rd voting location online:
https://www.dupageco.org/VoterLookup/
Early Voting sites are still
open in DuPage County today and tomorrow at 15 permanent locations, which can
be found on the Clerk’s website:
https://www.dupageco.org/Election/Voting/EarlyVoting/
Historic General
Election Voter Turnout in DuPage County
2016
Turnout – 70.6% Ballots Cast – 434,050
Registered Voters – 614,752
2012
Turnout – 71.4% Ballots Cast – 400,601
Registered Voters – 560,718
2008
Turnout – 76.3% Ballots Cast –
420,397 Registered Voters – 551,280
2004
Turnout – 76.1% Ballots Cast –
404,117 Registered Voters – 530,732
2000
Turnout – 76.5% Ballots Cast –
369,300 Registered Voters – 482,789