Younger voters interested in Chicago mayoral runoff: election board

Young people - many of whom didn't vote in the Chicago mayoral election last month - could play a significant role in the runoff.

Election board officials are basing this prediction on the number of mail-in ballots requested thus far for the runoff election April 2.

"The top age groups are 25 to 34 and 35 to 44, which was not the case in the February election," Chicago Board of Election Commissioners Chairwoman Marisel A. Hernandez said Monday.

"These are the same age groups with the most voters in Chicago, and the same age groups who turned out in the November 2018 election."

In the November election, which decided several congressional races and the state's next governor, the two age groups had 54 percent and 59 percent voter turnout, respectively.

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