Suburban Chicago election judge dies while serving on Election Day: officials

[RandySF]

According to officials, Petter Culver, an election judge, died Tuesday night as the polls closed and the last ballots were being counted.

In a statement from County Clerk and Recorder Joe Tirio, Culver served as an election judge for several years for the Democratic Party.

Tirio said the work of an election judge is "hard and unglamorous work of making democracy real," with long hours that start before dawn and go into the evening, sometimes more than 15 hours with "little opportunity for a break."

Tirio also said most judges are older than 65 and still lift equipment, set up polling places, and more.



https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/suburban-chicago-election-judge-dies-while-serving-on-election-day-officials

[3catwoman3]

1. How sad. This happened in McHenry County, where we live.

https://abc7chicago.com/post/mccullom-lake-election-judge-petter-culver-dies-cardiac-event-mchenry-county-coroner/18730528/

[ShazzieB]

2. I live in McHenry County, too!

Crystal Lake, to be exact.

[3catwoman3]

3. I'm just down the road from you, in the town that shares a name with...

...an Indian tribe.

Do you ever go to the McHenry County Dems meetings or annual fund raising dinner? Maybe we've seen each other and don't even know it. We are good friends with one of the McHenry County board members, the woman from District 3.

[ShazzieB]

4. I have been to those meetings in the past, but not recently.

I wouldn't be at all surprised if we knew some of the same people!