Few Casting Early Votes For April Election

The April 1^st Consolidated Election is less than a month away, but there have been few voters in Danville and Vermilion County who have voted early.  Bill Pickett has more…

Carrie Wilson, Supervisor of Elections in County Clerk Cathy Jenkins office, says she expects there will be a good turnout in certain parts of the county…

{AUDIO:  “There’s a good mayor race in Georgetown, along with their school board.  I see Danville School District has a good race going on.  The Village of Rossville.  There’s quite a few out there with contested races coming up.  So it’s good to get out and take a look, or if you need an insert or a sample ballot – contact me, and I can definitely get that to you.”}

Wilson notes the turnout for the Consolidated Election in April is usually only about 14-percent of all registered voters.  (Only 53 people had cast early votes for the election so far as of Wednesday, March 5, 2025 in the County Clerk’s office.  There had also been 51 requests for mail-in ballots.)

Sandra Delhaye, Executive Director of the Danville Election Commission, says it’s not too late to register to vote. You can even do it at polling places on Election Day…

{AUDIO:  “On Election Day they can also come to our office.  It used to be that our office  was closed to voting on election day, and the only thing that you could do was go to the polling places and vote. But laws have changed, so I think it’s been the last three or four years now that our office is open the same time the polling places are.”}

Now that Grace Period voting is underway you must vote at the same time you register.

The County Clerk’s office is open from 8:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. on Monday through Friday.  The Danville Election Commission Office is open from 8:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.  Both offices are located at the Joseph G. Cannon Building at 201 North Vermilion Street in Danville.