Steady stream of early voters show up in Sangamon County

Donnie Lewis, a Democratic precinct committeeman from Springfield, showed up at the Sangamon County Complex at 6:35 a.m. Thursday, hoping to be the first in line when early voting began at 8:30 a.m.He didn’t quite make it.”There was a gentleman here before me,” he said.But Lewis, 67, of Springfield, did get to vote for candidates including former Vice President Joe Biden for president.”To me, this is the most important election of my lifetime, […]