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Kendall County sees more interest in voting early, either by mail or in person · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Kendall County sees more interest in voting early, either by mail or
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  in person. Written by Eric Shelkov. This article is being read by
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  an automated voice brought to you by Everlit. Early voter turnout in
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  Kendall County is on a steady pace and is expected to pick
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  up in the coming weeks, the Kendall County clerk said. As of
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  october fifteenth, one thousand seven hundred and eighty people have voted early
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  in person at the office, said Kendall County Clerk and recorder Debbie
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  Gillette. In addition, the clerk's office has mailed out about ten thousand
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  seven hundred vote by mail ballots to date. As of Thursday, three
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  thousand four hundred voters have completed and returned their ballots, Gillette said.
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  There are 95,605 registered voters in the county. It seems line
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  there's a lot of people getting out to vote and that's what
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  we want, Gillette said
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  It seems like there's always somebody coming in, not necessarily large groups
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  at this point in time. I think as we get closer to
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  election day on November third, that's when we'll see maybe a line
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  starting to form because more people are coming at once. Right now,
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  I would say we're steady. She said more people are choosing to
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  vote by mail these days. We're seeing more permanent vote by mail
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  ballots being requested, Gillette said. That number keeps going up every year,
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  it seems. In the March primary election, there were 3,240 vote-by-mail
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  ballots cast, compared to 3,118 vote-by-mail ballot in the April 2025
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  consolidated election. Gillette said. That the convenience of voting by mail may
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  be them reason for the increase. The Illinois State Board of Elections
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  is reminding voters that the U.S. Postal Service has changed its postmark
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  rules. Ballots are now postmarked when processed, not when people drop them
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  in the mailbox, a change that can cause one-two day delays. A
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  late postmark means them ballot will not be County We always encourage
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  people to mail their ballots early as soon as they can, Gillette
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  said. We want to make sure we get them and process the
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  right away. There is a dropbox for vote-by-mail ballots in front of
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  the
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  Kendall County election office People can track the status of their mail-in
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  ballots through a service called Ballot Tracks. Vote-by-mail voters can sign up
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  for a free text, email, or phone notification when their ballot is
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  mailed to the and received by the Kendall County Election Office. Early
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  voting began on September 24th at the Kendall County Election Office at
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  502 South Main Street in downtown Yorkville. At 9 a.m. Monday, the
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  community room at Oswego Village Hall at 100 Parkers Mill, Oswego will
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  also be open for early voting. Early voting will continue at the
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  Kendall County Election Office until November 2 and at Oswego Village Hall
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  until October 28. Oswego is the largest municipality in Kendall County. It's
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  nice to have that option for those that live in Oswego or
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  close to the village, Gillette said. On election day, voters will have
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  to vote at their assigned polling place listed on their voter ID
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  card. More voter information is available at www.kendalcountial.gov slash off isis slash
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