If early voting and vote by mail are any indication, turnout in Wabash County for Tuesday’s election will easily surpass turnout four years ago.

The last presidential election saw 5,526 voters or 64% go to the polls in 2016. But, Wabash County Clerk Janet Will said between 2,500 and 3,000 voters have already either cast an early vote and voted by mail. The percentage of voters going to the polls Tuesday should be higher than four years as Will said there are fewer registered voters now than in 2016.

If you’re voting Tuesday, go to your normal voting location unless you need to change your address or register to vote..then you need to go to the county clerk’s office at the courthouse. Mid-afternoon today, early voters were lined up outside the courthouse waiting to get in.

Will noted that COVID-19 mitigations will prevent the public from coming to the courthouse tomorrow night for the election returns as has been done in the past. The only people allowed in the courthouse Tuesday night will be election workers and media. We’ll have you covered though with all of the returns Tuesday night first on WSJD-FM 100.5 and then on wsjd.fm and our Facebook page starting after the polls close at 7pm.

By the way, Election Day is now a state holiday in Illinois so that means the courthouse will be closed, along with local schools, Wabash Valley College, and state government offices.