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Excessively Rabid - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 2:55 pm: Capitol View - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 2:02 pm: #67 in pct 43 in Bloomington my prediction in 66 LaHood to my 1 for Mellon. People ( or many of them ) just don’t give a damn. Trying to figure out what this says about our system - sad!!!ĪJack is probably right - and we wonder why there is so much dysfunction in our federal system. Less than 75 people had voted - and my place has three precincts in one area. I pulled into my polling place and thought I was in the wrong location. Team Sleep - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 12:43 pm: Just like the Dems conspired to rig the special election for Robin Kelly.Ībsent the GOP evil-doing, most special elections for Congress will rack up huge turnout. Yep, it’s a GOP conspiracy to hold a “secret” election. Adam Smith - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 12:39 pm: Voted at noon allin precinct, 25 votes cast RMWStamford - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 12:21 pm: =Unfortunately more people are interested in who wins “Big Brother” than who will represent them for the next year in Congress.= El Duderino - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 12:17 pm: Norseman - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 12:12 pm:ĥ8 in my 2 precinct combined polling place. =I’m going to cast my protest vote against LaHood this afternoon. Downstate GOP - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 12:07 pm: GOP seems to like secret elections and keeping people from voting. Mokenavince - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 12:02 pm: Finally Out (and now very glad to be) - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 11:56 am:Īnon….and my vote against LaHood with Norseman will trump your two votes! Good Norseman, our 2 votes for LaHood will trump your one protest vote against. I’m going to cast my protest vote against LaHood this afternoon. In my very rural western Illinois precinct I was voter number nine at about 8am this morning - and that was counting the six election judges who had voted first thing. Forgottonia Republic - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 11:34 am: Well, I guess there will only be 8 votes for Mellon in my county instead of 9. Ducky LaMoore - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 11:27 am:ĭarn it. Credited sweeping GOTV efforts for landslide victory. Midstate Indy - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 11:22 am: Unfortunately more people are interested in who wins “Big Brother” than who will represent them for the next year in Congress. Betenly - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 11:18 am:Ī little after 8am, I was the 15th voter at my polling place (for 2 combined precincts) on the west side of Springfield. 360 Degree TurnAround - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 11:18 am: Word in my area is that turnout will be very small. It is hard to have elections when there are no meaningful choices. The Democrats have not seriously sought this office for decades. I am so disappointed in the candidates that I may not vote. Anonymous - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 11:16 am: Turnout was so slow that they didn’t have any ballots ready and I had to wait 15 minutes for them to get everything ready for me to darken one circle.

I voted last week at the Bloomington gov’t building and the ladies there begged me to tell people to come vote. Rayne of Terror - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 11:08 am: While I’m sure it’s great to be a member of congress, I’m sure it does bother someone when their popular mandate isn’t enough folks to fill a high school football stadium. Low turnout doesn’t begin to describe the situation. I was the 40th voter for the 3 combined at that time. Three precincts vote at my polling place.

Roamin' Numeral - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 11:02 am:Īt 9:15, I was the 11th voter in my precinct on the west side of Springfield. This is why they should embrace his innovative “Turn Around Agenda” 29th Warder - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 10:58 am:ĭemocrats should give credit to Governor Rauner for the innovative decision to hold an Election on a Thursday. Saves on having to pay a larger number of election judges to sit waiting for voters.Īt least two–one in Peoria and one in Springfield. Due to anticipated low numbers, the two precincts were combined instead of being separate but in the same building. Nearly Normal - Thursday, Sep 10, 15 10:54 am:Īt 10:00, I was number 35 in precincts 20,24 in north Normal. When I walked in, there was one other person voting and one of the election judges quipped “Ah-Oh, looks like we have a crush of voters.” She told me you could count the number on voters up to that point on two hands. I voted before 8 this morning in a small town. The unusual Thursday election date in a holiday week was set by Gov. The race, between Republican Darin LaHood and Democrat Rob Mellon, will fill the remainder of former Rep.

Polls are open today for the special election in the 18th Congressional District.