>>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO CHICAGO TONIGHT .

I AM BRANDIS FRIEDMAN .

>> I AM PARIS SCHUTZ .

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT, GAS PRICES , THE LATEST FROM VOTERS AND ELECTION OFFICIALS ABOUT THE ISSUES DOMINATING THE MIDTERMS.

>> THIS ELECTION IS NOT A REFERENDUM, IT IS A CHOICE.

>> FORMER PRESIDENT TRAPPED INFLUENCE LOOMS LARGE IN THE ELECTIONS.

>> SOME OF THE MOST CONTESTED CONGRESSIONAL RACES OVER ILLINOIS THAT MAY HOLD NATIONAL IMPLICATIONS.

>> MY VERY FIRST TIME.

>> BECOMING A U.S. CITIZEN ON ELECTION DAY, HERE ONE PERSON'S JOURNEY TO CAST A BALLOT FOR THE FIRST TIME.

>> VOTERS ACROSS ILLINOIS VOTING IN THE MIDTERM ELECTION.

LOCAL, COUNTY, STATE , AND FEDERAL RACES WERE ALL ON THE BALLOT .

THE BALANCE OF POWER IN WASHINGTON WILL BE DECIDED AS REPUBLICANS HOPE TO GAIN SEATS IN THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE FOR THE ELECTION RESULTS AND WE WILL HAVE MUCH MORE ANALYSIS IN RACES THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM.

>>> FAITH AND COMMUNITY LEADERS ADDRESS THE MASS SHOOTING ON HALLOWEEN THAT WE DID 40 PEOPLE AND KILLED AT LEAST ONE PERSON.

>> RESPONDED WITH COMMUNITY ACTION BY RESIDENTS, YES.

RESPONSE WITH INVESTMENT TO ERADICATE POVERTY, YES.

>> THEY WANT TO SHED LIGHT ON RESIDENTS WHO DON'T FEEL SAFE ON THE WEST SIDE AS PUBLIC OFFICIALS TRY TO DECREASE SHOOTINGS .

THE MASS SHOOTING ON HALLOWEEN OCCURRED DURING A VIGIL IN EAST GARFIELD PARK .

THE SHOOTING OCCURRED IN ABOUT THREE SECONDS AND THREE CHILDREN WERE AMONG THE 14 WOUNDED.

>>> NASCAR WILL BE TAKING OVER THE STREET OF DOWNTOWN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND AS THE CHICAGO STREET RACE WEEKEND WAS ANNOUNCED LAST SUMMER .

THE EVENT IS BACK WITH SOME CITY COUNCILMEMBERS PUSHING BACK.

TICKETS START AT $465 AND GO ON SALE THIS MONDAY.

GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS ALSO WILL BE ON SALE.

>> COMING UP LATER, ONE OF THE MOST CONTESTED CONGRESSIONAL RACES IN SUBURBAN CHICAGO.

>>> WHAT IS ON VOTERS MINDS AS THE ELECTION RESULTS COME IN .

STAY WITH US.

>>> THE POLLS ARE CLOSED AND NOW WE WITH THE RESULTS.

AMANDA VINICKY SPENT THE DAY SPEAKING WITH VOTERS AND ELECTION OFFICIALS.

AMANDA VINICKY JOINS US LIVE NOW.

AMANDA?

>> Reporter: IT HAS BEEN A UNIQUE ELECTION SEASON.

ALSO, A SHORTENED ONE , THE SHORTEST EVER BECAUSE ILLINOIS PUSHED THE PRIMARIES BACK.

AND , BECAUSE OF THE CONSOLIDATION OF POLLING PLACES IN THE CITY , HALF OF CHICAGO VOTERS WHO CAST THEIR BALLOTS TODAY DID SO FROM A DIFFERENT LOCATION.

ELECTION OFFICIALS SAY WE CAN TEST EARLY BALLOTS FOR THE FIRST TIME, MORE SO DID SO IN PERSON THEN BY MAIL.

IT ALL COMES DOWN TO TODAY FOR CANDIDATES LIKE DARREN BAILEY , THE STATE SENATOR FROM DOWNSTATE THAT HE IS WATCHING RETURNS THIS EVENING AND HOLDING AN ELECTION PARTY.

THIS FALL , HE TOOK UP A TEMPORARY RESIDENCE IN THE JOHN HANCOCK TOWER.

HE STARTED OFF ELECTION DAY AT THE TRAIN STATION.

>> WE HAVE DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN DO , EVERYTHING WE SHOULD HAVE DONE AND HAVE NO REGRETS.

PEOPLE TOLD US THEY VOTED FOR US AND ARE READY FOR CHANGE.

PEOPLE KNOW WHO WE ARE AND WHAT OUR MESSAGE IS.

THEY KNOW THAT GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER HAS FAILED MISERABLY FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS.

>> Reporter: HE FOCUSED HIS CAMPAIGN TO PUSH PEOPLE TO THE POLLS, THAT INCLUDES NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY, REDUCING TAXES, BUT A CREATIVE WRITING TEACHER SAYS DARREN BAILEY HAS IT BACKWARDS AND A MOTIVATION FOR VOTING TODAY WAS TO VOTE AGAINST THEM.

>> I HAD NO CHOICE, HE WANTS TO TAKE THE COUNTRY SO FAR BACK IN TIME.

PEOPLE WHO WANT TO LIVE WITH THE REALITY WE HAVE NOW AND MOVING FORWARD.

>> Reporter: VOTING FOR THE COOK COUNTY TAX REFERENDUM WAS ON HER PRIORITY LIST AND SAYS IT IS IMPORTANT FOR VOTERS TO COME OUT AND VOTE EVEN IF YOU DON'T LOVE A PARTICULAR CANDIDATE.

SHE SAYS IT HELPS TO GUIDE THE DIRECTION OF THE STATE AND THIS COUNTRY.

THAT IS A SENTIMENT SHARED BY THIS PERSON.

>> I HAVE A FATHER WHO IS CURRENTLY 93 YEARS OLD.

HE COULD NOT VOTE UNTIL HE WAS 36.

THIS IS NOT DISTANT HISTORY .

I WILL BE DOING MY HISTORY AND INJUSTICE IF I DID NOT DO MY PART.

>> Reporter: NOT EVERYONE LIKES TO SHARE WHO THEY VOTED FOR.

THAT IS OKAY.

SHE LITERALLY LAUGHED WHEN I ASKED HER , AND HER ANSWER WAS, ALL DEMOCRATS, INCLUDING JB PRITZKER , WHO IS SPENDING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO HELP OTHER DEMOCRATS.

HE IS HOLDING HIS ELECTION PARTY AT A MARRIOTT CONNECTED TO THE CONVENTION CENTER .

HE VOTED EARLIER TODAY AT THE HISTORY MUSEUM WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE , THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1998 NOT BEING ON THE BALLOT.

>> NOT ONLY HAS HE TAKEN ON THE JOB , WE HOPE THAT THE PEOPLE WILL VOTE FOR THIS WONDERFUL DEMOCRATIC TICKET WE HAVE.

>> Reporter: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HAS ALREADY AT THIS EARLY HOUR CALLED THE GOVERNOR'S RACE FOR JB PRITZKER LISTENING HIM TO ANOTHER FOUR YEARS IN SPRINGFIELD.

LESS CERTAIN IS WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH UNIONS , PUSHING AN AMENDMENT THAT WOULD ENSHRINE IN THE BILL OF RIGHTS , THE ABILITY FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES TO COLLECTIVELY ORGANIZE.

PEOPLE FROM BOTH SIDES SAY IT IS EXPECTED TO BE A CLOSE VOTE.

AT LEAST ONE VOTER THAT WE SPOKE WITH SAID THAT SHE HAD NEVER EVEN HEARD OF THIS , EVEN THOUGH SHE VOTED FOR IT.

THE TOP ISSUE FOR THIS PERSON WAS REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS.

>> THAT IS MY MAIN REASON FOR COMING OUT.

IT IS IMPORTANT WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON, ESPECIALLY IT AFFECTS A LOT OF PEOPLE I LOVE.

>> Reporter: A HYDE PARK VOTER SAYS SHE SUPPORTS JB PRITZKER .

HE HAS ALREADY CLAIMED THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION AGAIN.

SAYING HE HAS BEEN WORKING HIS TAIL OFF TO RIGHT THE SHIP WITH THE STATE'S FINANCES.

SHE LIKES TO VOTE FOR PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT THE MIDDLE CLASS BUT SHE IS PARTICULARLY FRUSTRATED WITH THE WAR IN UKRAINE.

>> I AM TIRED OF FINANCING A WAR , WE ARE NOT IN A WAR.

WE ARE FINANCING ONE.

IT IS AFFECTING ALL OF US.

FOOD PRICES , GAS PRICES , RENT PRICES .

IT IS NOT OUR WAR.

WHY CAN'T WE STOP ?

>> Reporter: NONE OF THE VOTERS WE SPOKE WITH HAD MAJOR ISSUES WHEN CASTING THEIR VOTES TODAY.

THE CHICAGO BOARD OF ELECTIONS SAYS IT DOES NOT HAVE ANY MAJOR CONCERNS.

ONE OF THE QUESTIONS ELECTION OFFICIALS SAY THEY RECEIVED IS VOTERS WHO WERE GIVEN SHARPIES TO FELLOW NOBLES -- FILL IN THE OVALS.

THEY SAY THAT IS OKAY.

IF THERE WAS ANY ISSUE WITH BLEED THROUGH , WHEN YOU PUT YOUR BALLOT THROUGH THE VOTING MACHINE , THEY WOULD HAVE KNOWN RIGHT AWAY.

THERE IS SOME ASSURANCE FOR ANY VOTERS .

SENDING IT BACK TO YOU IN THE STUDENT WITH WORD FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IT HAS CALLED THE GOVERNOR'S RACE FOR JB PRITZKER , THE DEMOCRAT , OVER THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE, DARREN BAILEY .

>> THE RACE ALREADY CALLED FOR GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER FROM THE A.P.

THEY CALLED THE SENATE RACE FOR TAMMY DUCKWORTH , SHE WAS REELECTED TO ANOTHER SIX YEARS AS SENATOR.

OVER KATHY SALVI .

WE GO GET A RUNDOWN OF KEY CONGRESSIONAL RACES IN ILLINOIS.

BRANDIS FRIEDMAN ?

>> ILLINOIS VOTERS COULD HELP DECIDE CONTROL OF THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

HEATHER JOINS US WITH A LOOK AT THOSE SEATS UP FOR GRABS.

WE ARE LOOKING AT A DIFFERENT MAP OF CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS AFTER THE CENSUS.

>> ILLINOIS HAS 17 CONGRESSIONAL DISTANCES DISTRICTS , THE POPULATION IS GROWING MORE SLOWLY THAN OTHER STATES , WHICH MEANS WE HAD TO GIVE UP A SEAT.

>>.MAP WAS DRAWN BY DEMOCRATS IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

HOW WAS IT DESIGNED TO HELP THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY NATIONALLY ?

>> READING 14 DISTRICTS WITH A MAJORITY OF DEMOCRATIC VOTERS.

THE DEMOCRATS WANT TO SEND 14 DEMOCRATS FROM ILLINOIS INTO THE U.S. HOUSE , THAT WOULD HELP THE PARTY RETAIN CONTROL OF THE HOUSE.

IF THEY FAIL , THAT PATH WILL BECOME SIGNIFICANTLY HARDER.

>> DO THEY GIVE THEMSELVES AN ADVANTAGE?

>> Reporter: THEY WILL PICK UP TWO SEATS IN THE OVERALL DELEGATION , TAKING ONE FROM THE REPUBLICANS.

>> ALL EYES WILL BE ON THE CHICAGO SUBURBS.

THE 11th DISTRICT , THE 14th DISTRICT , LAUREN UNDERWOOD FACING SCOTT.

>> ARE THE OTHER RACES THERE WATCHING ?

>> Reporter: THE 13th DISTRICT .

70 DISTRICT, KING AND SORENSEN .

>> WE WILL BE WATCHING THIS .

IF THOSE RACES ARE ALL OF THE SUBURBS, HOW WILL THE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS IN CHICAGO LOOK DIFFERENT?

>> Reporter: TWO NEW DEMOCRATS.

JONATHAN JACKSON , REPLACING BOBBY RUSH WHO IS RETIRING IN THE FIRST DISTRICT ON THE CHICAGO SOUTH SIDE.

>> WE WILL SEE YOU LATER ON TO BREAK IT DOWN.

>>> YOU CAN CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE FOR LIFT ELECTION COVERAGE ON THESE AND OTHER RACES AT WTTW.COM .

>>> WE TURN OUR ATTENTION NATIONWIDE AS POLLS ARE CLOSING.

THERE ARE CONTESTED RACES IN MANY OF THE SPOTS THAT COULD DECIDE THE BALANCE OF POWER IN CONGRESS AND HAVE DRASTIC IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURE ELECTIONS.

JOINING US TO SORT THROUGH THIS IS PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AT ELMHURST UNIVERSITY.

WORKING AS A CONSULTANT ON DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGNS.

AND FORMER REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN JOE WALSH.

AND PROFESSOR OF HISTORY AND AFRICAN STUDIES AT CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY.

WELCOME YOU TO CHICAGO TONIGHT .

GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER REELECTED AND TAMMY DUCKWORTH WE ELECTED .

WE WILL NOT GET RESULTS THIS FAST IN THE SWING STATES.

A LOT OF WORRY ABOUT THE CLIMATE, VOTER INTIMIDATION, LAWSUITS TO STOP THE VOTE COUNTING .

HOW IS THAT PLAYING OUT?

>> WE WILL BE HERE THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

NOT IN THE STUDIO BUT WAITING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THESE RACES BECAUSE OF WHAT COMES OUT OF SOME OF THESE RACES.

PENNSYLVANIA , FOR EXAMPLE , ARIZONA , NEVADA , TONIGHT IS A BIG NIGHT BUT MAY NOT BE THE LAST NIGHT.

>> JOE WALSH , ARE YOU EXPECTING TROUBLE IN ARIZONA OR PENNSYLVANIA WHERE WE MAY NOT KNOW THE RESULTS TONIGHT?

MAYBE THERE WILL BE SHENANIGANS AS A RESULT?

>> AFTER WHAT HAPPENED 22 MONTHS AGO WITH A POLITICAL PARTY TRIED TO OVERTHROW AN ELECTION, YES , I AM EXPECTING TROUBLE.

THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS PRIMARILY A PARTY OF ELECTION DENIERS.

IF AND WHEN ANY OF THESE ELECTIONS, IN THE REPUBLICANS LOSE, THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN CEDING THE GROUND WITH DOUBTS.

MOST OF THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES HAVE NOT SAID THAT THEY WOULD ACCEPT THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION IF THEY LOSE.

THIS IS A REAL THREAT TO OUR DEMOCRACY.

>> IT IS A TREND STARTED IN 2022 WITH DONALD TRUMP.

ELECTION DENIERS RUNNING FOR MAJOR POSTS.

HOW ARE THEY FARING SO FAR?

>> UNFORTUNATELY , MANY CAN BE VICTORIOUS.

AS JOE SAID, IF THEY DON'T WIN , THEY ARE LIKELY TO CONTEST THE ELECTION, THEY WILL NOT ADMIT THAT THEY LOST.

THIS IS A REAL DANGER FOR OUR DEMOCRACY.

WE HAVE CLOSE TO 300 ELECTION DENIERS ON THE BALLOT.

IN QUEUE RACES .

ATTORNEY GENERAL, GOVERNOR, SECRETARY OF STATE.

PROBLEMS NOT ONLY FOR THE SELECTION BUT FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN 2024.

>> THEY DON'T HAVE ANY EVIDENCE TO BACK UP THEIR CLAIMS.

DO YOU ANTICIPATE SOME OF THESE PEOPLE, IF THEY ARE TO WIN , MAY GO BACK ON SOME OF THE RHETORIC , OR WILL THEY KEEP GOING?

>> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.

THAT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES.

ELECTION DENIERS DENY ELECTIONS .

IF THEY WIN , WHAT ABOUT FRAUD IN THE LAST ELECTION?

WE HAVE TO COME TO GRIPS WITH , ARE THESE ELECTION DENIERS -- WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR OUR REPUBLIC?

JOE, ONE THING YOU BROUGHT UP, WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IF WE CONTINUE TO HAVE PEOPLE BRING ABOUT SUSPICION IN OUR ELECTIONS?

AMERICA IS HEADED TOWARDS A FAILED DEMOCRACY.

IF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY DOES NOT GET CONTROL OF PEOPLE DENYING ELECTION RESULTS, IN THE FACE OF OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE OF THE VICTORY BY JOE BIDEN, WE WILL HAVE SEVERE CONSEQUENCES.

>> WE HAVE TO WATCH HOW THAT PLAYS OUT.

HOW DO THE DEMOCRATS DO IN THEIR CLOSING MESSAGE ?

BARACK OBAMA WENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY , INSTEAD OF THE PRESIDENT OR VICE PRESIDENT, DID HE MAKE A CASE FOR THE ECONOMY WHICH IS THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE.

>> THINGS CHANGED DURING CAMPAIGNS.

MESSAGES AND CANDIDATES CHANGE .

BARACK OBAMA IS AN EXTREMELY ADEPT MESSENGER ON A NUMBER OF ISSUES.

PROBABLY A BETTER MESSENGER NOW THAN WHEN HE WAS PRESIDENT.

TO BILL CLINTON , MAKING A LOT OF ECONOMIC ARGUMENTS.

I THINK DEMOCRATS SORTED WENT TO ECONOMIC ISSUES LATER ON IN THE CAMPAIGN.

MESSAGES ON DEMOCRACY, ABORTION, RESEARCH POLLS SOWS SHOWS THOSE ARE THE TOP ISSUES , EVEN ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE.

IT DEPENDS ON MESSENGER.

JOHN FETTERMAN, THOSE WHO CAN SPEAK TO THE ECONOMIC ISSUES DIFFERENT THAN OTHER CANDIDATES.

>> JOE WALSH, HOW DID REPUBLICANS DO ?

THEY DROVE HOME THE MESSAGE ON CRIME, ON THE ECONOMY, INFLATION , WILL THEY DO BETTER WITH THE INDEPENDENCE?

>> I EXPECT THEM TO.

REPUBLICANS WERE DISCIPLINED , ALL THEY TALKED ABOUT WORK INFLATION AND THE BORDER.

REPUBLICANS DEMAGOGUE THE ISSUE OF CRIME.

SENSE OF URGENCY.

THEY HAVE NOT SHOWN VOTERS HOW REPUBLICANS ARE ATTACKING OUR DEMOCRACY.

REPUBLICANS DEMANDING THAT WE STOPPED COUNTING VOTES ON ELECTION DAY TODAY .

THEY DON'T WANT VOTES COUNTED WITH IN EVERY STATE LEGAL VOTES ARE COUNTED AFTER ELECTION DAY.

>> DEMOCRATS WANT TO PRESERVE DEMOCRACY, MAKE THAT AN ELECTION ISSUE, AS WELL AS DEMOCRACY -- ABORTION.

DEMOCRATIC -- FOR MANY OF US, THE FIGHT OVER ABORTION AND PRIVACY, THINGS THAT ARE VERY REAL CONCERNS FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS.

WHAT MY PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS HAD TO GO THROUGH.

I FEAR THAT WE MAY RETURN TO A SITUATION WHERE PEOPLE HAVE TOUGH TIMES VOTING.

I SEE A RISE OF RACIAL ANTAGONISM .

I AM NOT VERY OPTIMISTIC.

AS FAR AS WHERE WE ARE AS A COUNTRY.

>> YOU ARE NOT AS OPTIMISTIC, JOE WALSH , WHAT YOU EXPECT FROM KEVIN McCARTHY, DO YOU EXPECT REVENGE.

IT WILL BE TWO YEARS OF REVENGE.

THEY WILL INVESTIGATE EVERY DEMOCRAT , THEY WILL TRY TO IMPEACH A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.

>> THE GORILLA IN THE ROOM, DONALD TRUMP, HE IS SAYING HE WILL ANNOUNCE AND POSSIBLY RUN FOR REELECTION NEXT WEEK.

HOW IS THAT PLAYING INTO WHAT IS HAPPENING TONIGHT?

>> HE HAS BEEN HERE THE WATCHING , IN GEORGIA, OHIO , THE GOVERNOR RACE , THOSE ARE REPUBLICANS W WATCHING TONIGHT?

>> LOOKING AT EARLY RETURNS IN NORTH CAROLINA AND NEW HAMPSHIRE, MAGGIE HANSEN FACING A REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

IF THE REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER WINS , A BAD NIGHT FOR DEMOCRATS.

SHE HAS A LITTLE BIT OF A LEAD.

NORTH CAROLINA, AN OPEN SEAT , IF A DEMOCRAT WINS , THAT IS A POSITIVE FOR DEMOCRATS TONIGHT.

>> IT COULD BE A LONG NIGHT , IT COULD BE A LONG SEVERAL DAYS, ALTHOUGH NOT IN ILLINOIS.

WE HAVE CONGRESSIONAL RACES CLOSER THAN ORIGINALLY THOUGHT.

THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.

>>> NEXT, EIGHT FIRST TIME VOTER WILL BE HERE.

STAY WITH US.

>>> AS VOTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY CAST THEIR BALLOT IN THE MIDTERM ELECTION, MANY ARE DOING IT AS FIRST-TIME VOTERS.

WE SHARE THE STORY OF ONE CHICAGO VOTER WHO BECAME A CITIZEN ON ELECTION DAY .

>> Reporter: IT TOOK HER 50 YEARS TO CAST A BALLOT.

>> IT WAS REALLY EXCITING.

GRATEFUL THAT I GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE MY VOICE.

>> Reporter: WITH A SMILE ON HER FACE AND HER HUSBAND BY HER SIDE, SHE IS FILLED WITH EMOTION.

>> THE TEARS AND THE ANXIETY BEHIND THE PROCESS .

I AM VERY HAPPY FOR HER.

>> Reporter: HER JOURNEY TO THIS MOMENT, WE MET HER AT THE FEDERAL BUILDING.

TODAY , SHE IS HERE TO TAKE THE OATH TO BECOME A U.S. CITIZEN.

>> I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING MORE SECURITY , STABILITY , -- HER FAMILY MOVED FROM MEXICO .

SHE GREW UP ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF CHICAGO, GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL , AND WENT OFF TO COLLEGE UNTIL SHE FACED A TOUGH REALITY.

>> I WENT TO COLLEGE IN ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

I HAVE A SCHOLARSHIP.

I WAS IN REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS.

I FELT BETRAYED.

FROM THE COUNTRY WHERE I LIVE.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS THE SPIRITS CHANGE THE COURSE OF HER LIFE.

HER DEPORTATION WAS LIFTED.

>> I FELT LIKE THIS IS HOME FOR ME.

THERE IS A LOT OF BARRIERS THAT COME WITH LIVING IN THAT SITUATION.

>> Reporter: DACA IS A FEDERAL PROGRAM THAT PROTECTS MORE THAN 600,000 PEOPLE FROM BEING DEPORTED.

RECIPIENTS , KNOWN AS DREAMERS, WERE BROUGHT TO THE U.S. AS CHILDREN.

>> THERE WAS A CHANGE IN THE LAW .

>> Reporter: SHE IS AN IMMIGRATION ATTORNEY , DEDICATING HER CAREER TO OTHERS WITH SIMILAR STORIES.

>> WHATEVER I CAN DO FOR THERE TO BE A PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIP FOR DACA RECIPIENTS.

>> Reporter: WHY WAS THIS SO IMPORTANT FOR YOU?

>> THIS IS ONE OF THE PRIVILEGES THAT CITIZENS HAVE .

ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE CAN USE OUR VOICE AND THAT IS WHY IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO DO THAT.

>> Reporter: FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT, I AM JOANNA HERNANDEZ.

>> SHE SAYS BEING A CITIZEN WILL OPEN MORE DOORS FOR HER FAMILY, INCLUDING HER PARENTS.

>>> STILL TO COME, CHECKING IN WITH THE HEAD OF THE CHICAGO BOARD OF ELECTIONS ON VOTER TURNOUT.

>>> AND WE BREAK OUT ELECTION DAY SURPRISES WITH LAWSUITS AND MORE.

>>> FIRST TOP STORIES , A MAN SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR KILLING SIX FAMILY MEMBERS INSIDE A HOME IN 2016.

THE JURY FOUND HIM GUILTY OF SIX COUNTS OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER.

THE VICTIMS WERE BOYS 10 AND 13, HIS ATTORNEYS SAY THEY WILL APPEAL THE SENTENCE.

>>> THE MEDIAN PRICE OF HOMES IN CHICAGO AREA HAS FLATLINED FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE JUNE OF 2020.

A REPORT FROM REAL ESTATE GET SAYS THE MEDIAN PRICE IS $270,000 FOR HOMES SOLD IN THE CHICAGO METRO.

IT IS TOO EARLY TO CALL IT A TREND AND RISING INTEREST RATES ARE CAUSING A SLOWDOWN IN OVERALL HOMEBUYING .

>>> NASCAR TAKING OVER DOWNTOWN AND TICKETS WILL BE GOING ON SALE THIS THURSDAY.

THE CHICAGO STREET RACE WEEKEND WILL TAKE UP PARTS OF GRANT PARK.

IT WAS FIRST ANNOUNCED LAST SUMMER.

IT WAS MET WITH CRITICISM, INCLUDING FROM SOME CITY COUNCILMEMBERS.

PREMIUM TICKETS START AT $465 WITH GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS GOING ON SALE AT A LATER DATE.

>>> WE TOSS IT BACK TO YOU, BRANDIS.

>>> AMANDA VINICKY IS SPEAKING TO VOTERS AND JOINS US NOW .

>> Reporter: THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS COMMISSIONERS ARE BUSY , AND THE HEAD OF THE BOARD TOOK TIME TO SPEAK WITH US A COUPLE OF HOURS AGO.

I ASKED HER WHAT STOOD OUT REGARDING VOTER TURNOUT.

>> I THINK THE MOST INTERESTING THING IS, NORMALLY THE 55 TO 74 AGE GROUP LEADS THE PACK IN TERMS OF VOTING BY A WIDE MARGIN.

TODAY, THE 25 TO 34-YEAR-OLDS , AND THE 35 TO 54-YEAR-OLDS , RIGHT UP THERE WITH THAT OTHER AGE GROUP , ALL COMING OUT TO VOTE.

I AM EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

>> Reporter: CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT THAT MEANS RESULTS .

THE ELDERLY VOTERS MAY TIP THE SCALES.

ANY OTHER SURPRISES ?

>> THE 18 TO 24-YEAR-OLDS ARE NOT COMING OUT TO VOTE.

WE WANT THEM TO COME OUT.

THE OTHER INTERESTING THING IS THE VOTE BY MAIL BALLOTS.

200,000 VOTE BY MAIL BALLOTS APPLICATION , WE STILL HAVE 100,000 OF THOSE THAT HAVE NOT BEEN RECEIVED.

YOU HAVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT, GO TO THE POST OFFICE, HAVE THE ENVELOPE POSTMARKED BY TODAY, IF IT IS RECEIVED IN TWO WEEKS, THE VOTE WILL BE COUNTED.

>> Reporter: HAVE YOU NOTICED ANYTHING DIFFERENT GIVEN THE THREATS AGAINST OFFICIALS IN OTHER STATES ?

>> WE HAVE BEEN PRETTY LUCKY.

WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN THE THREATS OTHER JURISDICTIONS IN ILLINOIS AND THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY HAVE SEEN.

NEVERTHELESS , WE HAVE 400 INVESTIGATORS , RETIRED POLICE , OFF-DUTY POLICE OFFICERS , SHERIFFS , THEY ARE -- >> Reporter: NO REPORTS OF ANY THREATS, HARASSMENT ?

>> NO .

IT HAS BEEN GOOD.

>> Reporter: IT WAS A PICKUP, REGARDING A COUPLE DOZEN VOTERS IN A COUPLE DOZEN DIFFERENT POLLING PLACES , WHERE THE BALLOT IS TWO PAGES.

JUDGES ONLY GAVE THOSE VOTERS ONE OF THE PAGES, WHICH MEANS THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED TO VOTE FOR A BUNCH OF RACES.

WHAT IS HAPPENING ABOUT THAT , IS THERE A WAY TO REMEDY THE SITUATION AND HOW DID IT OCCUR?

>> WE DO NOT KNOW.

WE HAVE GIVEN TRADING TO OUR JUDGES AND TOLD THEM THERE WERE TWO BALLOTS.

I DON'T KNOW HOW IT HAPPENED.

BUT THEY ONLY HANDED OUT MOSTLY THE A BALLOT , THE B BALLOT WAS NOT HANDED OUT TO LESS THAN 24 VOTERS.

WE WILL HAVE MORE TRAINING AND WE WILL HAVE IN PERSON TRAINING TO TRY TO REMEDY THESE THINGS BECAUSE THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN.

>> Reporter: YOU WERE NOT ABLE TO SEE WITH US LIVE, THIS IS A BUSY TIME FOR YOU.

WHAT IS GOING ON FOR YOU AND OTHER COMMISSIONERS TONIGHT AS THE RESULTS ARE COMING IN ?

>> WE HAVE MEETINGS , OFFICIAL MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE DAY , TO ADDRESS DIFFERENT ISSUES .

AT 7:00 , IT IS MANDATORY TO HAVE ANOTHER MEETING.

A MEETING TO WRAP UP AND SEE IF THERE ARE FURTHER ISSUES.

ANY ISSUES THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH UPON THE CLOSING OF THE POLLS.

>> Reporter: ALL POLLS ARE CLOSING AT 7:00?

>> YES .

WE DID A GOOD JOB TODAY.

>> Reporter: CONGRATULATIONS .

HOW LATE ARE YOU GOING TO BE UP ?

>> HOPEFULLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT I WILL BE HOME.

THE GOAL IS , ONCE IT HITS 95% , I CAN GO HOME.

>> Reporter: I WILL STILL BE UP WAITING FOR TOTALS TO COME IN.

FOR ALL OF THE CONFUSION EARLIER, ABOUT THESE NEW POLLING PLACES , THEY SAY THAT WAS NOT THE CASE.

THERE WAS ENOUGH TIME TO FIND POLLING LOCATIONS.

THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS COMMISSIONERS SAYS THEY EXPECT THE POLLING PLACES TO STAY THE SAME IN FEBRUARY.

PERCENTAGE OF VOTERS WHO DID NOT GET THE TWO SEPARATE PIECES OF THE BALLOT , THEY ARE ENCOURAGED TO SHOW UP AGAIN.

AND , YOU CAN GET YOUR BALLOT POSTMARKED UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

WE DID SOME GOOGLING , THERE IS ONE POST OFFICE THAT NEVER CLOSES.

THAT IS IN LOGAN SQUARE.

>> IT NEVER CLOSES ?

WE WILL HAVE TO FIND OUT WHERE THAT POST OFFICE IS.

DON'T GO ANYWHERE.

WE WILL SEE YOU SOON.

FIRST , A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

>>> THE POLLS ARE CLOSED.

RESULTS ARE COMING IN, AND WE WILL BREAK IT DOWN WITH HEATHER AND AMANDA.

EARLY NEWS, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CALLED THE RACES FOR JB PRITZKER AND TAMMY DUCKWORTH .

HEATHER ?

>> IT WAS IMMEDIATE.

THE POLLS CLOSED AND THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MADE THE CALL.

DARREN BAILEY HAS NOT CONCEDED .

HIS CAMPAIGN IS SAFE IT IS TOO EARLY TO MAKE A CONCESSION CALL.

THIS IS AN INDICATION THAT THE MARGINS WILL NOT BE CLOSE.

IT IS -- PEOPLE SPENT MONEY TO FUND ADS, AND THE FAKE NEWSPAPERS , EVERYTHING ELSE WE HAVE BEEN SEEING ON THE AIRWAVES.

>> THIS IS A WIDE MARGIN.

IT IS A FAILURE ON THE PART OF THAT CAMPAIGN.

THE TOP CONSERVATIVE DONOR , A BILLIONAIRE , MADE THOSE COMMERCIALS WHICH FOCUS ON CRIME WHEN POLL AFTER POLL SHOWED THAT THE ECONOMY WAS ON TOP OF VOTERS MINDS.

AND THERE WAS A LOT OF MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK IN IN THE GOP PRIMARY.

THEY FOCUSED ON CRIME TO THEIR DETRIMENT AND NOT ON THE ECONOMY.

IT IS THE ECONOMY, STUPID , A LESSON NEVER LEARNED .

FOR ALL THE MONEY SPENT ON THAT RACE , THEY HAD TO HAVE BETTER RESULTS.

BUT JB PRITZKER SPENT $150 MILLION TOTAL.

YOU HAVE TO WONDER IF THAT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH HIS FUTURE AMBITIONS AND WHAT THEY MAY BE IN A COUPLE OF YEARS , IF HE WANTS TO BE ON THE NATIONAL STAGE.

IT LOOKS BETTER THAT HE WON BIG.

>> Reporter: LET'S NOT FORGET THAT PART OF THAT MONEY THAT THE GOVERNOR SPENT WAS TO SECURE THAT BAILEY WOULD BE THE GOP NOMINEE WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT THIS WOULD BE THE OUTCOME VERSUS A MODERATE.

WHO MIGHT HAVE HAD , NOT A GREAT CANDIDATE IN THE PRIMARY, BUT MAYBE MORE APPEAL TO A MODERATE PACE YOU NEED IN ORDER TO GO STATEWIDE.

AND THEY HAVE HELD ONTO TO MONEY FROM KEN GRIFFIN.

WE TALK ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO PLAY BY THE RULES PACK, THEY HAVE BEEN MORE ANTI- TRAN14 THAN PRO DARREN BAILEY .

>> I WANT TO TALK MORE ABOUT TURNOUT.

ELECTION OFFICIALS CALL THEM ROBUST.

>> Reporter: IS A MIDTERM ELECTION.

ROBUST IS RELATIVE TO OTHER MIDTERM ELECTIONS.

WE SPOKE EARLIER WITH THE HEAD OF THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, SHE DID NOT THINK IT WOULD GET TO 60% LIKE IN 2018, BUT SHE DID THINK IT WAS GOING PRETTY WELL.

MORE OF THE YOUNGER VOTERS, NOT THE YOUNGEST , BUT YOUNGER VOTERS TURNING OUT.

ILLINOIS HAS MADE IT EASIER THAN EVER.

THERE SHOULD BE MORE VOTER TURNOUT.

LAST YEAR , CHANGING THE LOSS TO PERMANENT VOTING BY MAIL AND ALL THE OTHER MEANS THAT ALLOWS VOTERS TO COME OUT ON ELECTION DAY AND CAST THEIR BALLOTS EARLY.

AND TO DO THEM FROM HOME.

>> THE OFFICIAL TALLY WAS 41% AT 7:00 P.M.

WHEN THE POLLS CLOSED .

THAT WILL CHANGE AS THEY CONTINUE TO COUNT VOTES .

IF YOU ARE STANDING IN LINE, STAY THERE , YOU WILL BE ALLOWED TO VOTE AS LONG AS YOU WERE IN LINE BEFORE 7:00 P.M. >> WILL THE CHANGES IN THE POLLING PLACES HAVE AN EFFECT ?

>> DOES NOT SEEM THERE WERE ANY PROBLEMS ON THAT SIDE.

THERE WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION PUT UP SAYING TO CHECK THE POLL AND WHERE YOU ARE GOING.

ANOTHER INDICATION THAT MAIL-IN VOTING HAS CHANGED THE WAY PEOPLE VOTE.

IT ENCOURAGES YOU TO VOTE BY MAIL.

VOTING PATTERNS HAVE BEEN ALTERED FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE BY THE PANDEMIC AND THE SHIFT , BEING ABLE TO SAY , I AM VOTING FROM THE COMFORT OF MY OWN HOME.

>> IN RACES THAT WILL TAKE LONGER TO CALL, THESE TWO CAME IN PRETTY QUICKLY -- >> THEY DID , NOT SECRETARY OF STATE , TREASURER, THOSE BRACES MAY NOT BE AS CLEAR.

PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS HERE ON FRIDAY, AND WE MIGHT BE WAITING TWO HOURS FOR SOME RESULTS.

PLACES LIKE PENNSYLVANIA AND ARIZONA , SO MANY THINGS ARE HAPPENING IN TERMS OF LEGAL CHALLENGES.

THE VOTE COUNT , WE WILL NOT GET AN ACCURATE PICTURE TONIGHT OR MAYBE EVEN IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

THAT IS WHERE THERE IS A VOID WHERE PEOPLE WITH BAD FAITH AND SAYING , THERE WAS FRAUD , WITHOUT ANY EVIDENCE.

JOURNALISTS NEED TO ACCURATELY LAYOUT WHY IT IS TAKING SO LONG.

>> DEMOCRATS ARE FAR MORE COMFORTABLE VOTING BY MAIL THEM REPUBLICANS.

IF YOU WERE JUST COUNTING VOTES CAST TODAY, YOU ARE GOING TO SEE A MUCH MORE REPUBLICAN PICTURE THAN THE FINAL PICTURE WILL BE.

THE SAME PATTERN IN 2020.

THAT DOES NOT INDICATE FRAUD.

THAT DOES NOT INDICATE ANY KIND OF SHENANIGANS.

THAT IS SIMPLY A PARTISAN DIFFERENCE.

>> AMANDA ?

>> Reporter: THANK YOU.

I THINK ONE OF THE RACES WE ARE GOING TO BE WAITING ON IS THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT , BECAUSE IT IS NOT A SIMPLE YES OR NO, IT COULD PASS.

IF THE FIRST ONE IS IN REACH , 60% OF THOSE WHO VOTE , IT COMES DOWN TO IT -- THERE IS ALL THIS MATH.

PEOPLE WHO NOT JUST VOTED ON THE QUESTION BUT A PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE WHO VOTED IN THE ELECTION, OVERALL, EVEN IF THEY SKIP VOTING YES OR NO ON THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.

IT IS NOT JUST BECAUSE IT IS CLOSE BUT BECAUSE IT IS CONFUSING , AND THE CALCULATIONS NEED TO GO INTO FIGURING OUT THE TOTALS.

>> I WANTED TO GET BACK TO THE GOVERNOR'S RACE AND TALK ABOUT WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT, ONE OF THE CLOSING COMMERCIALS AGAINST GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER, WIRETAP AUDIO THE GOVERNMENT RECORDED AGAINST THE FORMER GOVERNOR.

AMANDA, THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME JB PRITZKER RAN -- WAS THIS INTENDED TO SUPPRESS VOTER TURNOUT?

>> Reporter: IT WAS INTENDED TO SUPPRESS BLACK TURNOUT AND TURNOUT FOR JB PRITZKER IN GENERAL .

THIS WAS NOT PAID FOR BY THE BAILEY CAMPAIGN.

IT WAS PAID FOR THE PEOPLE WHO PLAY BY THE RULES PAC.

A CONSERVATIVE RADIO HOST THAT LIVES IN FLORIDA AND NO LONGER HAS A RESIDENCE IN ILLINOIS BUT GETS PAID BY THE TOP FUNDER OF CONSERVATIVES, NATIONALLY.

THIS WAS NOT FROM THE BAILEY CAMPAIGN , DEMOCRATS HAVE FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE STATE ELECTIONS BOARD SAYING THEY BELIEVE THERE HAS BEEN SOME UNDUE COORDINATION BETWEEN HIM AND THE DARREN BAILEY CAMPAIGN .

PACs ARE SUPPOSED TO SAY TOTALLY SEPARATE.

THIS IS AMONG EFFORTS BY PEOPLE WHO PLAY BY THE RULES THAT APPEAR AIMED AT SUPPRESSING THE BLACK VOTE , TRYING TO GET PEOPLE IT MAY BE MORE ENCOURAGED TO VOTE FOR JB PRITZKER TO STAY HOME AND NOT VOTE BY MAIL.

>> I GOT A TEXT MESSAGE FROM SOMEBODY FROM PEOPLE WHO PLAY BY THE RULES, SAYING THEY WANTED TO MAKE A POINT TO BLACK VOTERS THAT JB PRITZKER HAS NOT BEEN GOOD FOR THEM .

TRY SOMETHING ELSE .

THAT IS THEIR POINT OF VIEW.

A LOT OF OBSERVERS SEE THIS AS TELLING BLACK PEOPLE TO STAY HOME.

>> THAT IS WHAT ELECTIONS ARE ALL ABOUT.

>> HE MAKES NO BONES ABOUT THAT.

>> JESSE WHITE AS WELL.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

>> THANKS, AMANDA.

THE HOUSE SEATS , WILL DEMOCRATS BE ABLE TO HOLD ONTO THE HOUSE?

>> NO.

NOBODY IS EXPECTING THAT.

YOU WILL SEE HOUSE SPEAKER , KEVIN McCARTHY, AND IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE THESE ILLINOIS RACES.

BILL FOSTER.

IT IS INDICATIVE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN ILLINOIS.

IT APPEARS THAT THE TRUCK STOP WORKS IN PRIMARIES FOR REPUBLICANS, BUT IN ILLINOIS IT WILL NOT WORK THERE IS MOUNTING EVIDENCE THAT REPUBLICANS CANNOT WIN STATEWIDE.

MAYBE A DIFFERENT STORE IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES.

THE STATE OFFICES , WE HAD GARY GRASSO , A MODERATE REPUBLICAN PREDICTING THIS VERY THING.

>> THERE IS PLENTY OF TIME FOR STORIES , BUT ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WE WILL ANSWER , WHAT IS NEXT FOR THE ILLINOIS GOP?

HOW DO THEY MOVE FORWARD ?

HOW DO THEY MAKE A COMPELLING CASE TO ILLINOIS VOTERS WHEN THEY DID NOT HAVE A STATEWIDE PRO DARREN BAILEY MOVEMENT ?

>> AND JB PRITZKER MAY HAVE BEEN VULNERABLE .

BUT HE WANTED BAILEY TO BE HIS OPPONENT.

HE WAS UNELECTABLE ACROSS THE STATE.

>> THE ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT HAS TWO SEATS OPEN.

>> WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.

WE ARE REFRESHING ON THE WEBSITE TO SEE ANY RESULTS.

THE BALANCE OF POWER ON THE SUPREME COURT HANGS IN THE BALANCE WITH FOUR DEMOCRATS AND THREE REPUBLICANS.

TWO SEATS UP FOR GRABS.

DEMOCRATS SAID THAT COULD IMPACT THE ABORTION STATUS IN ILLINOIS.

>> PARIS , THERE IS A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ON THE BALLOT.

>> 60% OF THOSE VOTING ON THAT ISSUE , IF THEY LEAVE IT BLANK, C2 PERCENT, EVERYONE -- ALL VOTERS, THAT MAY TAKE A WHILE TO FIGURE OUT.

THIS ONE MIGHT BE SAYING THAT VOTERS MAY HAVE INCREASED PROPERTY TAXES.

THIS IS PRETTY POPULAR.

A SMALL INCREASE IN THE LEVY TO DO MORE NATURAL STUFF .

>> NATURAL STUFF , A TECHNICAL TERM.

>> I COULD NOT FIND VOICES OPPOSED TO THIS.

THE CIVIC FEDERATION , A MORE MODERATE, THEY THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA.

WE WILL SEE HOW THAT TURNS OUT.

>> AMANDA, A DOWNSTATE REPRESENTED FILED A LAWSUIT ABOUT COUNTING MAIL-IN BALLOTS.

>> THIS GETS TO THE MOTION OF , THERE ARE A COUPLE OF WEEKS FOR ALL THE MAIL TO FILTER IN.

MAYBE IT GETS STUCK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BOX.

WERE MILITARY MEMBERS OVERSEAS, THEY DID NOT HAVE TIME TO GET THE BALANCE IN.

THERE IS A CUT OFF, NOVEMBER 22nd , IT IS NOT INDEFINITE.

THERE IS SOME LATITUDE FOR ANYTHING POSTMARKED INSIDE BY TODAY.

HE WANTED THE CUTOFF TO BE EARLIER, SAYING IT WAS TOO LONG.

THERE IS A MOVEMENT BY REPUBLICANS WHO SAY THAT IT IS AGAINST THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LETTER OF THE LAW, THAT YOU HAVE TO VOTE ON ELECTION DAY.

THIS COULD GET BACK TO MORE DEMOCRATS ON THE PHONE WHO ARE MORE COMFORTABLE CASTING THEIR VOTES BY MAIL.

>> PARIS, THIS IS THE NEW NORMAL, LOSSES QUESTIONING THE BALLOT ?

>> THAT SEEMS TO BE THE CASE, THAT IS UNFORTUNATE, DEMOCRACY IS A BEDROCK , AND THERE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE REASONS TO COUNT ELECTION OUTCOMES THE REPUBLICANS HAVE CASTED THEM.

A LOT OF CANDIDATES ARE THINKING THAT THIS IS GOOD FOR THEIR POLITICS AND PERSONAL BRAND.

IT GETS THEM RE-TWEETS, BUT IT HURTS DEMOCRACY , UNTIL WE FIND EVIDENCE .

YOU SEE TECHNICAL GLITCHES AROUND THE COUNTRY.

IT IS NOT EVIDENCE OF FRAUD.

THERE WILL BE TECHNICAL GLITCHES.

>> PEOPLE WILL BE UP ALL NIGHT.

YOU GUYS THANK YOU, HEATHER , PARIS , AMANDA.

>>> YOU DID IT, YOU VOTED.

WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR BALLOT NOW?

WE THOUGHT WE WOULD GIVE YOU ANOTHER CHANCE TO GO ON THE JOURNEY OF A CHICAGO BALLOT.

HERE AGAIN IS AMANDA VINICKY .

>> Reporter: YOU HAVE DONE YOUR RESEARCH, MAJOR CHOICES, CASTRO BALLOT.

YOU EARNED YOUR I VOTED STICKER.

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT ?

WHEN YOU FEED YOUR BALLOT INTO THE MACHINE, YOU ARE PUTTING IT IN A BALLOT BOX.

BALLOTS WITH WRITE-IN CANDIDATES STAY SEPARATE.

THESE ARE COUNTED BY HAND AT THE END OF THE NIGHT.

OTHER BALLOTS ARE SCANNED BY MACHINES.

A LOT OF COUNTING.

THEY HAVE A TAPE OF THE TOTAL, LIKE A RECEIPT.

THEY WATCHED EVERYTHING .

THEY CERTIFY THE FACT THAT BALLOTS WERE NOT COMPROMISED.

THEY USE A CELLULAR DEVICE TO TRANSMIT THE TOTALS DOWNTOWN TO ELECTION CENTRAL.

THAT IS WHEN WE BEGIN TO SEE THE RESULTS.

THE PAPER BALLOTS THAT WENT INTO THE MACHINE DO NOT GET TOSSED.

THEY GO TO A CASE ON WHEELS.

A SECURITY SEALS MAKE SURE NOBODY MESSES WITH THE PRECIOUS CARGO.

ANYONE WHO HAS IT , THEY HAVE TO SIGN A CHAIN OF CUSTODY FORM.

THOUSANDS OF SUITCASES GO TO A WAREHOUSE WHERE THEY STAY FOR AT LEAST -- SOME WILL BE OPEN AND REVIEWED AS AN EXTRA CHECK .

BY LAW, THE STATE AUDIT DOES THIS.

PROCEDURES DIFFER SLIGHTLY FOR EARLY VOTING, VOTING BY MAIL , AND THOSE VOTING OVERSEAS , ALL LEGITIMATE BALLOTS ARE COUNTED AND IT IS SECURE AT EVERY TURN.

WEAR THAT STICKER WITH PRIDE AND PEACE OF MIND.

HAPPY VOTING.

>> TWO WORDS, SECURITY SEAL.

BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP AFTER THIS.

>>> THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS TUESDAY NIGHT.

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>> AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT WHAT IS NEXT FOR PEOPLE AFTER THE VICTORY.

>> THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GREAT ELECTION NIGHT.