A few commenters have suggested that we need to wait for mail-in ballots to be counted before declaring victors in several Cook County judicial races.
There are, because of the crazy times we are in, more of these than ever. Perhaps another 71,000 mail-in votes are yet to be tallied in the City of Chicago according to the Sun-Times. How will these be distributed? How many of these persons requesting mail-in ballots actually returned them?
Supposedly, fears of COVID-19 notwithstanding, more older voters came out yesterday than younger ones. So are all the mail-in ballots from young people? Or do these also skew toward older, but more cautious, voters? Or will these play out roughly in proportion to the results already tabulated?
There are two subcircuit races that are achingly close insofar as we know now.
In the 2nd Subcircuit, Judge Sondra Nicole Denmark leads Felicia H. Simmons-Stovall, by 535 votes, 16,740 to 16,205.
The race for the Flynn vacancy, in the 3rd Subcircuit, is even closer. Lauren Brougham Glennon leads Regina Ann Mescall 11,504 to 11,343.
Mail-in votes had to be postmarked by yesterday and must be received by March 31 in order to be counted, according to the linked Sun-Times article.
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