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Good-not-great turnout expected on Election Day · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Good not great turnout expected on election day. Written by Tom Collins
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  by Everlet. The Illinois Governor's race has some county clerks in the
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  Illinois Valley hoping for 50 turnout or higher, though one clerk is
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  hedging bets on hitting that threshold. Incumbent Democrat J.B. Pritzker and Republican
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  challenger Darren Bailey have a rematch on November 3rd. When they ran
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  in 2022, just under three-fifths of LaSalle County voters 55.9 report
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  to the polls That was lower than the 57.2 logged in 2018
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  when Pritzker ousted Governor Bruce Rouner. Slacelle County Clerk Jennifer Ebner isn't
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  betting on comparable numbers when voters report to the polls next Tuesday.
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  I'm hoping for 40 or more, Ebner said We've had good turnout
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  with early voting and vote by mail, so I hope the polls
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  are busy too. Pritzker Bailey two point zero will not be on
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  the only draw, however. Ebner said she thinks the contest for Statehouse
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  and US Congress also will spark interest. As with the Governor's race,
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  those races are rematches. State Representative Amy Murray Briel, D Ottawa, seeks
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  re-election over past Republican challenger Liz Bishop. U.S. Representative Lauren Underwood, D.
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  Illinois, awaits another challenge from Republican James Martyr. Ebner based her projection
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  on the 3,500 early ballots submitted, which is about half the total
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  sent out. While there is no way to gauge partisan participation, Ebner
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  did note there are a lot of write-ins for Governor and Lieutenant
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  Governor. Bureau County Clerk Matt Eggers declined to forecast turnout. I am
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  just hoping for a good turnout for the November midterm election, he
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  said, though he acknowledged the sheriff's race will be the big draw.
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  Sheriff Jim Reed declined to seek re-election, which leaves an open seat
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  at the Bureau County Sheriff's Office. Republican Tom Cammerer and Democrat Michael
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  Whittig prevailed at contested primaries, which should boost turnout next Tuesday. Early
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  voting has been slightly busier than previous midterm elections, Egger said. Putnam
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  County clerk and recorder Tina Dolder is betting on relatively high turnout,
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  although voters there have no local races to boost interest in the
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  statewide contest. My prediction for Putnam County is approximately 71
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  turnout, Dolder said. It is a general election, so I expect it
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  to be above 50, but it is not a presidential year, so
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  below 89. We have had approximately 130 early voters, which
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  is about normal for this time. One variable to keep an eye
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  on is weather. At press time, the forecast called for a 50
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  chance of rain on election day. While turnout could literally be dampened,
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  projected temperatures did not appear to be problematic. Poles were projected to
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  open at 44 degrees, well above freezing, followed by a daytime high
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  of 61 degrees.