DuPage County officials halted early voting Thursday morning after experiencing technical problems. Voting in the county is expected to resume Friday.
Adam Johnson, chief deputy clerk for the county clerk, said the voter registration database was not pulling up the correct dates of birth for some voters. Instead, it used the individual’s registration dates.
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In addition, an issue caused a candidate for the Kane County Regional Office of Education, which covers part of western DuPage, to be excluded from ballots. The candidate’s filing petition was challenged. But the challenge was denied, and the person’s name was allowed to appear on ballots.
Johnson said he was not aware of anyone being unable to vote due to the problems, but they decided to suspend voting while working with its database vendor to fix the issues.
“We want to be able to make sure everything is functioning correctly before starting again tomorrow,” Johnson said.
Early voting was conducted at the DuPage County Fairgrounds in Wheaton, the Addison Township offices, the Bartlett Community Center, Downers Grove Village Hall and the Naperville Municipal Center.
DuPage has “vote anywhere” capability, meaning voters can use any polling place in the county.
Early voting for the Nov. 3 election began Thursday statewide, except in Cook County.
Meanwhile, Johnson explained why the DuPage clerk’s office won’t send vote-by-mail ballots until next week.
While Thursday was the first day clerks could send vote-by-mail ballots, Johnson said they weren’t required to mail them on that day. He said the DuPage clerk’s office has previously waited to send them in case there are any last-minute changes to the ballot.
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