Early Voting Big in Lake County

Early voting is well underway in the state and with just a week to go til the election, 5,790 of 38,391 vote-by-mail ballots have been sent in. According to TheLakeCountyNews, that’s a 15% early return thus far. Democrats are leading Republicans with a 47% to 35% return rate, with other parties accounting for 20%. This year the number of registered voters, at more than 38,000, is at its highest reported historical level. Early voting ends on November 4th.