Mayor Emanuel and his opponent Jesus “Chuy” Garcia don’t have to worry about stopping at polling places on Election Day.
They voted early in Chicago and so did a total of 142,344 voters.
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The early voting period ended Saturday. Now voters who want to cast a ballot in the city’s runoff election will have to do it on Election Day. There will be no Election Day voter registration this election.
The polls will be open at 6 a.m. through 7 p.m. on Tuesday. Voters can cast ballots at their assigned polling places.
While it remains to be seen what the turnout will be for the runoff, officials expect it to be higher than the 34 percent—or 483,700 ballots—in the February election. The Chicago Board of Election Commissioners spokesman Jim Allen pointed to greater voter interest and inquiries on voter registration, absentee voting and early voting.
The number of people who voted early far surpassed the 89,869 early votes cast ahead of the Feb. 24 election and the 73,268 early voting ballots ahead of the February 2011 elections, according to the city’s election data.
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