A record number of early voters in the region turned out for this year’s Illinois primary. Now, election officials are bracing for even more people to cast ballots tomorrow. They don’t expect a repeat of past election problems.

You may remember election night in 2006. The results from Chicago’s suburbs were slow rolling in. As the night went on without hard numbers, Cook County Commissioner Tony Peraica, in his run for board president, led supporters on a march to the election offices to find out what was holding things up.

PERAICA: And we’re not going to let this thing be stolen from us!

Looking back, Cook County Clerk David Orr says the voting machines then had a slight glitch, which the company that made the machines took blame for. He says he doesn’t expect similar problems tomorrow.

ORR: So far, we’ve been, you know, knock on wood, things have been going pretty well.

Orr says this year, there’s been problems with a few machines, but they’ve been replaced. He says there might be lines tomorrow because of interest in the presidential election. But he says he expects the election to go smoothly.