Voting is underway here in Illinois and area county clerks are reporting disappointing returns so far. White County Clerk Kayci Heil says turnout is low. Gallatin County Clerk Deanna Bryant echoed that disappointment. Omaha Township only had 17 voters earlier this morning. Equality only had 28 votes cast. Bryant says as of 10:30am, only 200 voters out of 3,400 registered have cast ballots. Indian Creek precinct 6 only had 29 votes tabulated around 9am and Indian Creek 8 only had 14 voters as of the same time.
There aren’t many locally contested races in the primary. Enfield 4 here in White County is choosing between Valinda Rowe, a Darren Bailey supporter and David South, the current White County GOP Chairman, a Mike Bost supporter. There are Congressional, Legislative, and Representative races however with incumbents Bost, Terri Bryant, and Dave Severin facing off against Bailey, Wesley Kash, and Angela Evans. In Gallatin County, we’re watching the Coroner’s race on the Republican ballot where Cole Baker is facing off with Erin Krikie.
Noway Jose
March 19, 2024 at 12:07 pmIt’s called having a job morons. Maybe wait until this evening
JP
March 19, 2024 at 8:57 pmFirst, it was too early to be talking about voter turnout, people are getting children ready for school, farmers out in the fields and people working. Wait until evening 9pm -10pm to know how the voter turn out actually was. Wait until 100% of votes are in before saying who won, again people are working.
Joe Cephus
March 19, 2024 at 11:49 pmPeople have lost interest in voting when it doesn’t matter anymore. President Trump proves that in 2020.