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Voters head to the polls to select Chicago's next mayor

CHICAGO — Storms were believed to be responsible for temporary power outages Tuesday at four polling places on the Northwest and West sides of Chicago.

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Mayor’s race reaches final moments, Chicago State University faculty go on strike and more in your Chicago news roundup

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Heated mayoral race wraps up, but outcome may not be known for days

“I highly doubt either camp will concede on election night because up to 100,000 votes may not be counted when we go to bed on election night,” said pollster Matt Podgorski of M3 Strategies.

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As Chicago's most active voting precinct, Cook County inmates vote with help from jail and advocates

CHICAGO — Chicago’s most active voting precinct has an unlikely cornerstone. A big chunk of its voters don’t cast ballots at an elementary school gym or a library — they vote from jail.

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Chicago elections see sluggish turnout

When polls closed at 7 p.m. Tuesday, turnout stood at 32.1% with 507,852 ballots cast out of 1,581,564 registered voters. Early votes were driven by those 65 and older, but middle-aged voters closed with the highest turnout. People ages 18 to 34 only accounted for 17% of votes.

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Early voters set record in Chicago election, but turnout at polls is ‘sluggish,’ officials say

CHICAGO — It’s election day and Chicago voters have been heading to the polls since 6 a.m. to cast ballots in the hotly contested mayoral race and to vote for aldermen in all 50 wards.

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With the Chicago mayoral race in voters’ hands, the outcome might not be known for days

With nine candidates and mail-in ballots still arriving, it could take a while to declare the top finishers.

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About 2 of every 3 Chicago polling places aren’t fully accessible for people with disabilities

That’s according to a WBEZ analysis of new data from the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners, which has posted accessibility ratings for each poll.

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Mail-in ballots driving record returns as early voting opens in all 50 wards

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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Challenging ballot petitions, a Chicago political tradition, may be on its way out

Objections to nominating petitions reach a 40-year low in this year’s municipal election cycle. “I think everybody was surprised at how few challenges there were,” said longtime Chicago election attorney Michael Dorf.

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Mayoral ballot: Ja’Mal Green on top

The lottery to set the order of names on the February 2023 municipal ballot was held Tuesday, and challenger Ja’Mal Green got the first spot, followed by Ald. Sophia King, state Rep. Kam Buckner and businessman Willie Wilson.

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City misses deadline to make polling places accessible, mayoral candidates file their petitions and more in your Chicago news roundup

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Gut check: Political theater of candidate filing raises curtain on decisions and drama of mayoral, ward races

Beyond the bragging rights, candidates try to file more than the minimum number of signatures required to withstand challenges by rival candidates. The weeklong filing period also begins the winnowing of the mayoral field.

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City elections board misses deadline to make all polling places accessible, 30 years after ADA became law

Board of Election Commissioners says it’s working on making more sites accessible and letting voters know which ones are not before February’s municipal election.

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With tensions high ahead of Tuesday’s election, top cop says there are no threats ‘specific to Chicago’

The heightened concerns over safety and political violence come two years after former President Donald Trump falsely blamed widespread fraud for his loss — a claim that fueled the riot at the U.S. Capitol and further polarized the political landscape.

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Chicago voters needing language help at polls will have less of it on Election Day

A new state law that reduced the number of voting precincts means fewer bilingual ballots and election judges across six languages.

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Chicago’s $2M precinct consolidation plan denounced as ‘voter suppression’

Mayoral challenger Willie Wilson wants a federal judge to block a plan he said “reminds me of the Jim Crow days down South where I’m from.” But the Board of Elections was required to consolidate city precincts after new ward and district lines were drawn based on the 2020 census.

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Willie Wilson files federal lawsuit to block Chicago Board of Elections from consolidating precincts

Mayoral candidate Willie Wilson argues it will confuse Chicago voters, depress turnout in the Nov. 8 general and Feb. 28 mayoral and aldermanic elections and “disparately impact racial and/or ethnic voting blocs.”

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Chicago Election Board unveils precinct consolidation plan tied to redistricting

The once-a-decade redistricting process will eliminate 779 of the city’s 2,069 precincts.

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