Voter Turnout in Plainfield 11 Percent on Tuesday

Around 11 percent of registered voters throughout the Plainfield area cast ballots in Tuesday's election, according to data from the Will County Clerk's office. That's lower than the countywide average of 16.84 percent.

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Of the 44,358 residents registered to vote at all Plainfield-area precincts, only 4,892 voters participated in the election, or 11 percent. 

That number was under the Will County voter turnout of 16.84 percent, or 66,087 voters out of 392,549 registered. According to county clerk Nancy Schultz Voots, turnout was low across the county, where consolidated elections typically draw about 18 percent of registered voters.

In November 2012, almost 69 percent of registered Plainfield voters went to the polls, according to the county clerk.

More than 5,000 people voted early in Will County. Of those, 182 voted at the Village of Plainfield or Plainfield Township locations.

Editor's note: Voter turnout data provided by the Will County Clerk's Office. 

Election results will not be official until Tuesday, April 30 when canvassing of votes is completed and after absentee ballots postmarked by midnight, April 8, and provisional and grace period ballots are counted on April 21.

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