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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Mitchell Armentrout

Only 1 in 5 Chicago voters cast ballots in primary, an 8-year low

A resident votes at Harriet Beecher Stowe Elementary School in the Humboldt Park neighborhood during the 2022 Illinois primary election, Tuesday morning, June 28, 2022. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

The sun was up when Chicago polls closed Tuesday — but voter turnout was not. 

With the state’s first summertime primary election in decades — pushed back three months due to the delayed release of U.S. Census figures used to define voting districts — only about 1 in 5 registered Chicago voters cast a ballot by Tuesday evening, the lowest total since 2014. 

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