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Early Totals Show Older Voters Driving Election Traffic

Clip: 2/26/2019 | 6m 37sVideo has Closed Captions

The latest on voter turnout and voting irregularities.

More than half the ballots cast as of 6 p.m. Tuesday came from voters who were 55 or older, according to unofficial totals from the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners. Brandis Friedman has this live report.

02/26/2019 | Rating NR

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