Chicago Area Voters Head To The Polls On Election Day 2020

Chicago-area reporters and an election coordinator describe the scene on the ground on Election Day.

By Bianca Martin
Election Day
Chicago voters wait in line outside the Beverly Arts Center polling place on Election Day morning. Manuel Martinez / WBEZ
Election Day
Chicago voters wait in line outside the Beverly Arts Center polling place on Election Day morning. Manuel Martinez / WBEZ

Chicago Area Voters Head To The Polls On Election Day 2020

Chicago-area reporters and an election coordinator describe the scene on the ground on Election Day.

By Bianca Martin

Reset checks in with three reporters covering different polling places across Chicagoland and one election official to get a picture of how voting is going at the polls early on Election Day.

GUESTS: Madeline Kenney, Chicago Sun-Times reporter

Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune reporter

Kristen Schorsch, WBEZ reporter

Melissa Thornley, election coordinator, Chicago’s 41st Ward, 14th Precinct