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Instead of the 86 polling places that were used in Champaign County for the November general election, Clerk Aaron Ammons has cut the number nearly in half for the April 6 consolidated election where voters will chose municipal, school district and other local offices.
Consolidated elections typically draw fewer voters than fall elections and state law allows election authorities to “cluster” polling places in such elections. It will save the county an estimated $52,000 (for both the Feb. 23 primary and the April vote) and potentially expose fewer election judges to the coronavirus, Ammons said.
While more than 96,000 people voted in the Nov. 6 general election, the 2017 consolidated election attracted just 26,865 voters. There were even fewer in 2019: 17,266. ....

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