BALLOT AFTER I VOTE?

>>> OUR TOP STORY TONIGHT, THE EVENT TOMORROW, ELECTION DAY FOR CHICAGO RESIDENTS.

WHO BETTER THAN HEATHER SHARON TO EXPLAIN WHAT TO EXPECT.

IT'S WIDE OPEN IN TERMS OF THE MAYOR'S RACE?

WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING FOR TOMORROW.

>> EVERYBODY ASSUMES THAT NO CANDIDATE WILL GET MORE THAN 50% OF THE VOTE WHICH MEANS WE WILL DO THIS ALL AGAIN ON APRIL FOURTH WITH THE TOP TWO VOTE GETTERS, THE QUESTION IS, WHAT COMBINATION OF THEM ENDS UP IN THAT RUNOFF AND IT'S REALLY ANYBODY'S RACE.

>> THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY EBBS AND FLOWS, WHAT ARE THE SPECIFIC TRENDS?

>> THIS RACE HAS BEEN DEFINED BY CRIME AND PUBLIC SAFETY.

AS I'VE SAID BEFORE THAT MEANS DIFFERENT THINGS TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE DEPENDING ON THE PART OF TOWN YOU LIVE IN.

WE'VE SEEN BRANDON JOHNSON BE REALLY THE ONLY CANDIDATE IN THE RACE SAYING HE'S NOT GOING TO HIRE AS MANY OFFICERS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE WHILE ALL THE OTHER CANDIDATES SAY THE ONLY WAY TO GET PUBLIC SAFETY BACK UNDER CONTROL IS TO HIRE MORE OFFICERS.

>> LET'S MOVE ON TO CITY COUNCIL RACES.

IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A VERY INTERESTING DYNAMIC GOING ON FOR IDEOLOGICAL CONTROL OF CITY COUNCIL BETWEEN MORE PROGRESSIVE LEFT VISION VERSUS MORE OF A MORE CENTERLEFT VISION.

>> THERE HAS BEEN A HUGE ALDERMANIC EXITS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL SO THAT IS CONTROL OF THE CITY COUNCIL THAT IS UP FOR GRABS.

THERE ARE PROGRESSIVE GROUPS, WHO SEE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THAT HAS BROUGHT A PUSHBACK FROM BUSINESS ALIGNED GROUPS WHO ARE SPENDING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO KNOCK OUT THESE SOCIALIST CANDIDATES.

FACING A HEAD-TO-HEAD CONTEST WITH FLOREZ AND ALSO BACKED BY JIMMY GARCIAS.

WE WILL KNOW ONCE THE VOTES ARE COUNTED HOW WILL PLAY OUT AND HOW IT MIGHT HAVE RAMIFICATIONS.

>> IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE THE INTEREST GROUPS FROM OUTSIDE WHO ARE TRYING TO HAVE INFLUENCE.

THAT GROUP YOU MENTIONED, MORE PRO-BUSINESS FOLKS, DO YOU PREDICT A SHIFT IN BALANCE?

>> THERE IS SO MUCH ENERGY ON THE PROGRESSIVE SIDE OF THINGS AND THERE HAS BEEN FOR MORE THAN A YEAR.

THESE GROUPS ARE DETERMINED TO OUST LORI LIGHTFOOT.

SHE IS WALKING THIS MIDDLE GROUND BETWEEN BEING NOT VERY PROGRESSIVE AND NOT VERY CONSERVATIVE.

THE QUESTION IS CAN SHE THREAD THAT NEEDLE, MAKE IT INTO A RUNOFF AND WHAT IS THAT MEAN FOR CONTROL OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

>> I SPOKE TO SOMEONE IN A PRO-BUSINESS GROUP WHO SAID THEY MAY HAVE MATERIALIZED A LITTLE BIT LATE HERE, BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'VE BEEN AT THIS A REALLY LONG TIME AND HAVE DEEP INFRASTRUCTURE.

TELL US WHAT VOTERS NEED TO KEEP IN MIND FOR TOMORROW.

HOW MUCH TIME DO THEY NEED TO GIVE THEMSELVES?

>> ALL OF THE OFFICIALS SAY IT SHOULD BE SMOOTH.

THE POLLS OPEN AT SIX A.M. AND YOU CAN GO TO YOUR PRECINCT POLLING PLACE OR YOU CAN GO TO ANY ONE OF THE EARLY VOTING CENTERS WHICH WILL REMAIN OPEN TOMORROW.

IF YOU HAVE A MAIL-IN BALLOT AND WANT TO VOTE IN PERSON YOU CAN DO THAT, YOU CAN ALSO DROP OFF YOUR BALLOT BUT IF YOU DON'T POST MARKET BY MIDNIGHT TOMORROW YOU WILL BE OUT OF LUCK.

>> IT SEEMS LIKE WITH THIS SO CLOSE THERE MIGHT BE A CHANCE WE DON'T KNOW THE FINAL BY TOMORROW NIGHT, DO YOU THINK THAT'S POSSIBLE?

>> IT CERTAINLY POSSIBLE, I THINK IT'S NOT SUPER LIKELY BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY VOTES CAST DURING EARLY VOTING.

ALL OF THE BALLOTS THAT GET TO THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS BY TODAY, HAVE ALREADY BEEN PROCESSED AND WILL BE COUNTED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE POLLS CLOSE, WE SHOULD HAVE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF VOTES COUNTED RELATIVELY SHORTLY AFTER THE POLLS CLOSE AT SEVEN P.M. >> ALL THE ELECTION WORKERS AND VOTE COUNTERS TOMORROW, IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG DAY SO I'M SURE THEY WILL HAVE COFFEE AND PIZZA AND DONUTS ON STANDBY.

THANKS VERY MUCH.

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