SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – What Peoria County elections officials considered to be pretty close to acceptable voter turnout in the June primary, is what the Illinois State Board of Elections says is low…real low.
Statewide, spokesperson Matt Dietrich says, less than 22 percent of registered voters statewide cast a ballot in June.
“Turnout in the June 28th primary was actually the second-lowest primary turnout that we’ve seen in the last 40 years,” said Matt Dietrich, Illinois State Board of Elections spokesperson. “The only one lower was in 2014, when we had an 18 percent turnout.”
State officials don’t say why turnout was so low. But for what they did say about the turnout?
“Republicans accounted for 46 percent of the total, and Democrats made up 52 percent of the total,” said Dietrich. “There were a few thousand votes where voters took a non-partisan ballot, just to vote on a local referendum question.”
Dietrich says five counties offered Libertarian ballots. Sixteen percent of voters statewide chose mail-in ballots.
In Peoria County, voter turnout was around 18 percent.
The Illinois State Board of Elections certified the results of the June primary Friday. CLICK HERE to see the full results (PDF document).
Comments