People were lined up to vote before the doors opened at Village Hall Monday and the appeared to to be no letting up this morning.
More early voting sites opened Monday in Lake and suburban Cook counties, giving areas residents – including in northwest suburban communities – options both in and near their own towns to cast their ballots ahead of the General Election next month.
Polling places are following public health guidelines, and election and village officials have told Pioneer Press that voters are required wear face masks and to socially distance. Also, voting machines will be sanitized between uses.
Barrington is located in both Cook and Lake counties. Barrington residents who live in Cook County may early vote at either the Barrington Hills Village Hall, 112 Algonquin Road, or at Hoffman Estates Village Hall, 1900 Hassell Road, Monday through Friday. At both locations, early voting hours are from 8:30 a.m. until 7 p.m. and on Saturdays and Sundays from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m., according to information provided by Barrington Hills Village Clerk Nikki Panos.
“Early voting has started with a bang. We’ve got lines out the door and around the building,” Panos said. “We are absolutely allowing early voting here, for Cook County voters only.”
Both village halls also have drop boxes for mail-in ballots, with an election judge stationed nearby, officials said.
“For those with mail-in ballots, they don’t have to stand in line,” said Panos.
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