Voters decide in 2022 midterm elections
As of noon, the Chicago Board of Elections reported a total of 417,286 ballots had been cast between early voting, mail voting, and Election Day voting. There are 1,540,821 registered voters in Chicago.
The board broke down Election Day turnout at polling places as follows:
Turnout by Hour
6 a.m.– 16,105 ballots cast
7 a.m.– 22,228 ballots cast
8 a.m.– 26,264 ballots cast
9 a.m.– 26,487 ballots cast
10 a.m.– 27,992 ballots cast
11 a.m.– 28,478 ballots cast
Turnout by Age Group
18-24: 14,339 ballots cast
25-34: 65,439 ballots cast
35-44: 64,705 ballots cast
45-54: 62,782 ballots cast
55-64 : 79,372 ballots cast
65-74: 77,822 ballots cast
75+: 51,948 ballots cast
Also as of noon, the Cook County Clerk’s office reported 200,264 ballots had been cast on Election Day in suburban Cook County. This is in addition to over 220,000 early voting ballots and 100,000 vote by mail ballots returned.
Turnout by Hour
6 a.m. – 20,240 ballots cast
7 a.m.– 24,891 ballots cast
8 a.m.– 28,020 ballots cast
9 a.m.– 31,224 ballots cast
10 a.m.– 34,160 ballots cast
11 a.m.– 33,549 ballots cast
Noon – 28,180 ballots cast