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| Voters Will See Some Surprises Election Day |
(IRN)-Voters who step into the polling stations on Tuesday will be in for some surprises.
For one thing, they'll be confronted with two U.S. Senate races, one for the full six year term that starts in January, and one to replace interim Senator Roland W. Burris right away. The candidates are the same for both elections.
Ron Michaelson, former head of the state Board of Elections, says this will look funny to some voters. "It's kind of an unprecedented thing, and unless people are closely following political events, and unless they have reviewed a specimen ballot prior to Election Day, this is going to hit those kind of people with great surprise," Michaelson said.
There's also a referendum on the ballot for a constitutional amendment to allow recall of the governor. Michaelson says few voters will expect this, and fewer will understand the exact procedure it would put in place, but will vote for the principle of recall, with the recollection of Rod Blagojevich so fresh.
In terms of vote counting on Election Night:
- The votes come in across the state at various times. Michaelson says the idea that Downstate counties come in first or last is simply not true.
- Early votes, votes cast during early voting Oct. 11-28, cannot be counted until the polls close at 7 p.m. Tuesday. However, they will probably be counted then as election officials wait for precinct results from Election Day voting to come in, so the first results published will be from early voting.
(Illinois Radio Network) |
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| 11 01 10 by Newsroom |
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