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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
David Struett

UNCOVERED: Mail in ballots driving record returns as early voting opens in all 50 wards | History Defined

Voters cast their ballots in the Feb. 28 municipal election Monday at the Lincoln Park Branch Library on the North Side. Monday was the first day of in-person early voting in Chicago’s 50 wards. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

Voters choosing to mail in their ballots are driving record early returns in the city’s Feb. 28 municipal election.

The leap in vote-by-mail ballots could push overall turnout past 40%, which the city hasn’t seen in a municipal election in over a decade.

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