DuPage, Will officials not surprised by low primary turnout, but November will be a different story

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As was the case for Election Day turnout across the Chicago area, primary voters in DuPage and Will counties showed up in meager numbers Tuesday.

— and the major presidential candidates for the November general election effectively chosen — county officials weren’t surprised.

The last time DuPage reported similar primary turnout in presidential election year was in 2012. Over the past two decades, though, the number of residents opting to vote has been up and down. As for congressional primaries, there were a handful of competitive races for DuPage voters, including in the 11th Congressional District, where Democratic U.S. Rep. Bill Foster, of Naperville,But while Tuesday featured scant challenge, the primaries have set up for a “pretty heavily contested election environment” in the fall, with nominees from each party in most races, Johnson said.

Early voting and mail-in ballots were slightly up this year, compared to 2020’s primary, Johnson said, adding that it was really Election Day voting that was “down quite a bit.” “We really do try to make it easy … for anyone who wants to vote to be able to vote so I think that partially contributes to our turnout being on the higher end compared to, you know, other local jurisdictions,” he said.

 

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