It was redistricting that seemed to be the primaries’ Achilles’ heel. Illinois’ 2022 primary elections presented a unique set of challenges as a result of redistricting in the state following the 2020 census.
The balmy weather was not enough to incentivize Chicagoans to head to the polls as the city recorded what was among its lowest primary turnouts — 20% of registered voters — for a rare summer primary in Illinois.Depending on who you ask, the unusual timing of the elections, issues with voters’ access to the polls, and election judges resigning right before polls opened all contributed to the low turnout among Chicago and suburban Cook County’s registered voters on June 28.
“We’re going to have three more in a row,” said Bever, “and every single election is extraordinarily important.” Configuring Illinois’ redrawn districts forced the primary elections to be pushed back from their usual March dates to the end of June. But according to Jane Ruby, president ofStevie Valles, co-executive director of, a non-partisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing youth political engagement, said he was frustrated with elections falling during schools’ summer break.
The 2022 Illinois primaries had 1,043 separate polling places covering 2069 precincts in Chicago, and with redistricting adding further confusion to some voters – and even judges, according to Gandhi – consolidating precincts and decreasing the number of polling stations can lead to more targeted efforts toward more accessible voting that would allow ballots to be cast at any station regardless of their address, an initiative already adopted by suburban DuPage County in their “Vote Anywhere”...
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