Just a few voters took advantage this week of the earliest opportunity in Naperville to weigh in on this year’s local elections at the polling booth.
Election authorities reported modest numbers of voters turned out at the Municipal Center by the end of the day Monday, when early voting began for the April 7 consolidated elections. A total of 95 voters – 81 from DuPage County and 14 from Will County – cast ballots that day at the downtown Naperville polling place.
“We had one man here before we opened at 8:30 am. Right now we are up to six for Will County,” Lynn Zilinsky, a clerk in the Naperville City Clerk’s office, said by email at noon Monday.
On the building’s lower level, where an early voting site is being offered for residents of DuPage County, things also were quiet Monday. Officials working in that room late Monday afternoon said voter flow had been much slower than what they see in early voting when a presidential election is in play.
Naperville residents are choosing among four mayoral candidates and 19 contenders for eight available City Council positions. In addition to those races, Indian Prairie School District 204 and the Naperville Park District each have four candidates vying for three available board positions.
Voters can use any early voting location they choose that has ballots available for the county in which they live.
The early voting sites in the Municipal Center, 400 S. Eagle St., will remain available through April 4. The DuPage polling room will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Will County voters can access the site on the main level of the building from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays, and extended weekend hours are planned from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. March 27, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 28, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 29, and 9 a.m. to noon April 4.
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