In Mokena, Some Confusion About Polling Places

For all her 16 years in Mokena, Fran Cull has voted at the old junior high school, now .

Although she remembered Will County had cut and consolidated polling places to save money, she had to check where she was heading before she left to vote.

"I remembered; I just couldn't remember where," the 68 year old said outside her new polling place, .

The from 445 to 303 in an effort to save up to $200,000.

Although the county publicized the new, consolidated polling places and mailed out new voter registration cards, some people were still unaware of the changes during Tuesday's voting.

One woman, who did not want her name used, had driven to village hall with her young daughter in tow just to find out her polling place had moved.

"I went to the wrong spot," she said, before she and her daughter moved on to the right polling place.

Other people, like Peter Hudson, 43, kept their old spots. Hudson has been voting for 20 years at the . He will continue to do so for a long time coming.

"It'a just important to vote," he said.

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