Early Voting Ends Today
Today (Thursday) is the last day to vote early. You can vote until 7pm in Room 105 of the County Building, 200 S. 9th Street, in Springfield.
Counties where early voting has been in place for more than one election sometimes have 30% of the public participate in early voting. This year, Sangamon County will be far below that. Part of the reason is that it's something new. Part of the reason is that we only have early voting at one location.
There were a number of changes with elections this year, such as new voting equipment, so the election office staff has had their work cut out for them. But, this should absolutely be the last year that early voting only happens in the County Building. One county in Tennessee I'm familiar with, where early voting has been in place for several years, always has six locations to vote early, despite not being much larger than Sangamon County. That's something I would strongly encourage the County Clerk to do in future elections.