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VOL. 19 • NO. 29
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Kaczmarek reports highest-ever voter turnout; credits mail-in, early voting
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THURSDAY, JULY 7, 2022
Hart ousts DiCianni for Republican Board Chair; Willis bests challenger for State Rep
By Dee Longfellow FOR THE ADDISON INDEPENDENT
Even at press time on Tuesday, July 5, the results of the General Primary Election held Tuesday, June 28 were still unofficial, but following is the most recent update from the story published on Election night. According to information provided by the DuPage Election Commission, DuPage County had a 21.95% turnout with 139,673 ballots cast out of 636,341 registered voters. It is interesting to note that 22,559 Early Voting Ballots were tabulated. A total of 34,518 Vote-By-Mail ballots were requested from the County, while the number of Vote-By-Mail ballots actually tabulated was 20,981. This is an increase of 184 votes over what was reported on Election night. On Friday, July 1, DuPage County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek issued a release indicating that a retabulation of the results of the June 28 General Primary Election would commence on Thursday, July 7 at 9 a.m. in room 1-500A of the Jack T. Knuepfer building of the DuPage County Complex in Wheaton. The retabulation will be open to the public, in accordance with the restrictions in the Governor’s executive order. Any questions on the retabulation can be directed to the Election Division at 630-407-5600. Highest-ever vote turnout, says Kaczmarek Kaczmarek announced last week that the county had the highest vot-
er turnout in the region of nearly 22 percent in the 2022 Midterm Primary Election, combined with a successful launch of new voting equipment and the Vote Anywhere initiative. “We broke several records for a Midterm Primary,” said Kaczmarek. “We had over 22,000 voters during Early Voting, exceeding the 2018 Primary. We also had close to 35,000 mail ballot applications – six times the number from 2018. Increasing the number of Early Voting sites and sending mail ballot applications and election information to all registered voters paid off.” The 2022 Primary was also the first election using the new 100-percent paper voting system. Last fall, the County Clerk’s office replaced its 20-year-old Diebold equipment with the Hart InterCivic Verity system for both Early Voting and Election Day. DuPage is the first county in Illinois to use the complete print-on-demand system, selected for its top security, transparency and user-friendliness. Verity is also never connected to the internet, even for the transmission of results, making it impossible to hack. Because of the new complete print-on-demand system, DuPage County led the way in the state initiating “Vote Anywhere” for Election Day which allowed voters to cast ballots at any of the 263 polling places instead of their assigned precinct. Instead of relying on pre-printed bal-
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Museum hosts ‘Uncorked’ event
These guests are all smiles at the 5th annual “Addison Uncorked” wine and craft beer tasting event held on Tuesday, June 28. Nearly 100 people attended the event held at the Addison Historical Museum campus. Story and more photos inside.
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