Voters break Champaign County record

Champaign County has the highest number of voters it has ever had before an election.

As of Monday, 19,166 people in Champaign County had voted either early or by an absentee ballot, Champaign County Clerk Gordy Hulten said. He said about 140,000 people registered to vote in Champaign County.

Also for the first time this year, there was an on-campus polling place on campus at the Illini Union. Hulten said there were 1,209 people who voted there.