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Chicago opens early voting in all 50 wards

Voted early Monday at the Dr. Martin Luther King Community Service Center in Bronzeville

Illinois voters cast about 1.6 million early ballots before Election Day, including more than 900,000 in person and nearly 700,000 by mail, according to the Illinois State Board of Elections. Chicago had nearly 300,000 early votes as of Monday, with more than 180,000 cast in person and more than 100,000 by mail.

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It's a good convenience for older people, especially here on the South Side. And on Nov. 3, you don't know what the weather is going to be like. This is Chicago, after all. We might have 8 inches of snow and 40 degrees below zero.

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"Don't tell me not to vote. It's your right. I was hit on the back of the head with a rock trying to win the right to vote," Rolark said, urging people to turn out.

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