General Election
Suburban Cook County Nov. 2, 2010 General Election • Registered Voters: 1,369,742* • Grace-period registrants: 1,582 • Absentee ballot applications: 32,000 • Precincts: 1,937 • Polling places: 1,218 • Election judges working on Election Day: 9,500 • College students applying to work Election Day: 732 • High school students applying to work Election Day: 3,500 • Contests: 144** • Candidates on Ballot: 263** • Referenda: 41 • Ballot Styles: 422 • Townships voting in suburban Cook County: 30 • Municipalities in suburban Cook County: 132 SUBURBAN COOK COUNTY TURNOUT SINCE THE LAST GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION Election March 2006 Nov. 2006 Feb. 2008 Nov. 2008 Feb. 2010 Nov. 2010 Registered 1,383,846 1,370,230 1,350,580 1,436,210 1,439,415 1,369,742* Voters 345,970 680,696 585,449 1,056,242 367,688 Turnout (25.0%) (49.7%) (43.3%) (73.5%) (25.5%) Media credentials Members of the media will not need a paper credential provided by the Clerk's office. However, election judges will require news reporters, photographers and TV crews to show a government- issued or company identification card. Please remember that interviews cannot be conducted inside the polling place. *As of 9 a.m., October 28, 2010 **Does not include 65 judicial retention races. Suburban Cook County Voter Registration History # of Registered Voters % Change % Change Township Nov. 2006 Nov. 2008 Nov. 2010 2006-2010 2008-2010 Barrington 9,431 10,007 9,811 4% -2% Berwyn 23,859 25,696 24,405 2% -5% Bloom 53,370 56,014 51,569 -3% -8% Bremen 64,753 68,307 64,448 0% -6% Calumet 10,279 11,246
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