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  1. DEMS will lead ticket in the Nov 6 election in Cook County: Ballot order lottery results from 10 AM drawing by Cook County Clerk David Orr.
  2. Who will be 1st on the Nov 6 ballot in Cook County? Clerk David Orr will hold ballot order lottery May 2;10 AM 69 W. Washington, 5th fl.
  3. Looking for a nice gift for an anniversary or newlyweds? Check out commemorative certificates! bit.ly/Hz1SWX
  4. @WhyTuesday Thanks for the RT. Clerk Orr agrees with your campaign to shift voting to the weekend!
  5. My latest piece on Huffington Post: Weekend Voting Will Work huff.to/GMy7n8 via @HuffingtonPost
  6. Suburban Cook County precinct results now available online #constantcontact conta.cc/GDDdOx
  7. With 100% of precincts reporting, suburban Cook County marks turnout at 23.41%.
  8. Suburban Cook County turnout tops 23.1% with 19 precincts out.
  9. 99% of precincts reported before 10 p.m.! Turnout is 23% with 29 precincts still out.
  10. 95% of precincts reported before 9 p.m. 22.2% turnout with about 80 precincts still out.
  11. 92% of precincts reported by 9:10 p.m. 21.5% turnout with about 132 precincts still out. Lowest turnout we've seen was 23.1% in 2000.
  12. 85.6% of precincts in at 8:38 p.m. We'll be going home early.
  13. 82% of precincts reporting, 19% turnout with 300 precincts to go. We will get over 20% in suburban Cook.
  14. 79% of suburban Cook precincts in. Number of GOP voters is nearly matching DEM voters --unheard of in Cook County.
  15. Lowest suburban Cook turnout for a presidential primary was in 2000 with 23.1%. Looking like this may be lower.
  16. 71% of suburban Cook precincts counted. Check results at electionnight.cookcountyclerk.com.
  17. 55% of precincts in suburban Cook counted at 7:50pm. Looking like 21% turnout so far. More GOP voters than DEM so far.
  18. 33% of precincts reporting at 7:45pm in suburban Cook. Refresh the results at electionnight.cookcountyclerk.com
  19. Polls close in about 30 minutes. Amiable atmosphere in the precincts today, even if turnout was disappointing.
  20. No problem with too-big ballots in suburban Cook County. #election Big ballots cause problem in DuPage, Aurora chicagotribune.com/news/local/bre…