AG teams to monitor elections
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced that more than 200 teams of assistant attorneys general and investigators from his office will be monitoring the general election throughout Illinois on Tuesday.
Raoul urged voters to call his office if they encounter suspected improper or illegal activity.
More than 2.4 million early vote
Of the state’s more than 8 million registered voters, nearly 2.4 million cast their ballots early.
Data published by the Illinois State Board of Elections Monday afternoon showed of nearly 1.3 million mail-in ballots requested, 833,000 have been returned. More than 1.5 million people have voted early.
Polls are open Tuesday from 6 a.m. until 7 p.m.
Music icon with Illinois roots passes
Funeral arrangements are pending for a music legend with Illinois roots.
Chicago-native Quincy Jones, the multi-talented music icon whose vast legacy ranged from producing Michael Jackson’s historic “Thriller” album to writing prize-winning film and television scores and collaborating with Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles and hundreds of other recording artists, has died at 91.
“Thriller” sold more than 20 million copies in 1983 alone and has contended with the Eagles’ “Greatest Hits” album as the best-selling album of all time. Jones’ publicist says he died Sunday night at his home in Bel Air.
