Thursday, March 22, 2012

Illinois Votes in Rare Turn in Spotlight


Damon Winter/The New York Times
Polly Pancoe, 55, casting her ballot on Tuesday at a Chicago Fire Station.

PEORIA, Ill. — Entering the First English Lutheran Church on Tuesday morning, voters in the Illinois Republican primary had to first walk between two network news trucks parked out front. Through one windshield, one could see a monitor glowing in the predawn with live footage from inside the church gymnasium, where eight voting booths stood waiting.
The news media’s presence was a clear reminder for some voters of a rare opportunity for Ill
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