Northbrook Patch Election HQ: Your One-Stop Guide

It's here—Election Day is upon us. For those of you who didn’t get a chance to vote early, tomorrow is the final opportunity to fulfill your civic duty. Whether it’s your first election or your 50th, Northbrook Patch will have everything you need to stay up-to-date throughout the day and into the night. We’ll be around town to chat with residents, take exit polls and snap some election-day photo galleries.

Expect hourly return updates starting at 8 p.m. Tuesday evening. Although seats on the village board, park district board, library board and several local school boards are up for grabs this year, only one race is contested. That's the race in which five candidates are competing for four spots on . Also on the ballot for residents of School District 31 is a tax referendum that , according to school administrators.

Helpful Election Tidbits
To check your registration and find your polling place, visit the Cook County Clerk's website. Once you know your precinct, check our handy . Polls for tomorrow's consolidated elections are open from 6 a.m. until 7 p.m.

Voter help lines:
English - 312.603.0906
Spanish - 312.603.6767  
Chinese - 312.603.6769
Polish - 312.603.6770
For Voters with disabilities - 312.603.0929
For voters with hearing disabilities - 312.603.0902
Legal hotline - 312.603.0236

And finally, to get into the election-day spirit, some election facts and figures courtesy of the County Clerk’s Office:

Registered Voters: 1,395,756
Grace-period registrants: 397
Absentee ballot applications:
6,160*
Precincts: 1,937
Polling places: 1,210
Election judges working on Election Day: 9,500
College students applying to work Election Day: 890 High school students applying to work Election Day: 700
Contests: 716
Candidates on ballot: 2,107
Percent of races contested: 40 percent
Referenda: 26
Ballot styles: 794
Townships in suburban Cook County: 30
Municipalities in suburban Cook County: 129
*Unofficial total as of Friday, April 1.  

Suburban Cook County Turnout, Recent Consolidated Elections:

Election

2001

2003

2005

2007

2009

2011

Registered Voters

1,302,197

1,321,089

1,418,280

1,371,803

1,463,070

1,395,756

Turnout

377,595
(29.0%)

300,484
(22.7%)

382,587
(27.0%)

236,050
(17.2%)

304,766
(20.8%)

TBD