More that 100,000 of DuPage County’s 636,822 registered voters have cast ballots in the 2026 Primary Election as of Tuesday afternoon, according to the DuPage County Clerk’s office.

As of 2 p.m., 115,069, or 18%, of registered voters had cast a ballot.

Specifically, 41,212 voters took advantage of in-person early voting, and 35,966 out of the 73,822 requested vote-by-mail ballots have been received and verified as of Tuesday afternoon. As of 2 p.m. Tuesday, 37,891 voters have voted in-person, according to the clerk’s office.

“Election Day voting by hour has been trending higher all day than comparable past elections,” DuPage County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek said in a news release. “With five hours left to vote and more vote-by-mail ballots to be delivered, DuPage County is on pace for its highest midterm turnout in recent memory.”

• In 2014, the final midterm primary turnout was 19.19%.
• In 2018, the final midterm primary turnout was 24.88%
• In 2022, the final midterm primary turnout was 22.79%.