CHICAGO — On the last day of the early voting period, Chicago residents flocked to Downtown voting booths to log their picks for this year's presidential election.
At 15 W. Washington St., an early voting space that has been dubbed a "super site," a line of voters Monday night stretched around the block: west from the entrance on Washington, around a corner and south on Dearborn, then back east on Monroe.
A woman who had just finished voting at about 6:30 p.m. said she waited 40 minutes to cast a ballot.
Earlier in the day, the line was about a block long.
The line at #EarlyVoting center at 15 W. Washington St. in Chicago. Est. waiting time is 30 mins. pic.twitter.com/9ERfytzJjv
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Chicago resident Kelsey Kamykowski told DNAinfo she decided to come to vote at this location because "they advertised it as being super fast." Kamykowski said it took her about 40 minutes total to line up and cast her ballot.
"I thought a lot of people would show up tomorrow because it's such a divided election," said another voter, Justin Strandlund, who waited about 25 minutes.
Some voters, however, commented how the whole process could have been faster. According to Chicago resident Meredith Peterik, there were only about a dozen staff working on voting machines when there were "hundreds" of booths.
However, the whole process was quick and painless, according to Peterik.
"I was worried because of the line, but it was great," Peterik said, "It only took 30 minutes."
Early voting began Sept. 29 downtown and an early voting location opened in each Chicago ward on Oct. 24.
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