By Greg Bishop | The Center Square
More than 1.4 million Illinois voters have cast their ballot with one week left before election day.
More than 8 million registered voters are in the Land of Lincoln. Illinois State Board of Elections spokesman Matt Dietrich said so far, more than 1 of every 8 voters has cast their ballot.
“It was a week ago that Chicago and Cook County expanded their early voting locations and since that happened, we really saw the numbers surge,” Dietrich told The Center Square Monday.
Last week, data from the state elections board showed more than 740,000 registered Illinois voters have already cast a ballot.
Voter turnout for the previous general election in 2020 was 73%, the highest since 1992.
With the increased number of early votes this year, Dietrich predicted what turnout could be.
“I think we should hit or surpass that 73%, just based off what we’re seeing,” he said.
Dietrich said clearly this election has a lot of interest.
“Anecdotally, we have been just absolutely flooded with voter calls for the last, I would say, two weeks asking about, ‘well, how do I register?’” he said.
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