Early voting, mail ballot turnout in Cook County surpasses 2022 levels by nearly 30%

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<p>Early voting and mail-in ballot turnout in suburban Cook County for the midterm elections has surpassed turnout in the 2022 gubernatorial election by nearly 30% so far, Cook County Clerk Monica Gordon said Monday. </p><p>More than 242,000 residents have cast ballots during early voting as of Monday morning. Nearly 107,000 mail ballots have been returned and 11,000 are in the postal service pipeline.</p><p>Early voting turnout is expected to exceed 2022 levels by 50,000, and mail-in ballot turnout is also projected to surpass 2022 levels by the same margin, said Edmund Michalowski, deputy…

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