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Vote by mail popular option: 200,000 applications sent, 27,000 replied; some duplicates reported

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Two envelopes with vote-by-mail ballots for the April 4 election were sent to a Woodstock man eight days apart. County Clerk Joe Tirio said it was the first report his office had received about duplicate ballots, but it led to a search that found six total from among the more than 27,000 ballots mailed out.

Voting by mail promises to deliver McHenry County ballots for the April 4 consolidated election in a way early voting isn’t. County Clerk Joe Tirio reported more than 27,000 registered voters had asked for vote-by-mail ballots as of last week, while only 112 people had cast an early ballot at the county Administration Building by […]

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Larry Lough

Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news. He has worked for community newspapers in Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa for the past five decades, and was a college journalism instructor for 17 years.
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Picture of Larry Lough

Larry Lough

Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news. He has worked for community newspapers in Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa for the past five decades, and was a college journalism instructor for 17 years.
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