Jim Keefe brought along his daughter James while he voted Tuesday at Park Ridge City Hall. | Jon Durr~For Sun-Times Media

Voting was steady at Oak Park Village Hall through the noon hour on Tuesday. | Jon Langham~for Sun-Times Media

Abigail Linderman, 14 months, with her mom Kellen Linderman of Mundelein during voting Tuesday in Mundelein. | Joe Shuman~For Sun-Times Media

Kenneth Walter of Wilmette inserts his ballot after voting at St. Augustine's Church in Wilmette on Tuesday, November 6, 2012. | Michael Jarecki ~ for Sun-Times Media

People wait in line to vote Tuesday at the Prairie View Community Center in Morton Grove. Voters rejected a property tax increase for District 67 but approved a bond sale. | Kevin Tanaka for~Sun-Times Media.

Voters make their selections Tuesday in a polling place at Quentin Bible Baptist Church in Hawthorn Woods. | Joe Shuman~For Sun-Times Media

Fe Lim of Morton Grove gets help with using the voting machine from election judge Eugene Hargus at Golf Middle School in Morton Grove on Tuesday. | Kevin Tanaka~ for Sun-Times Media.

Debbie Berg casts her ballot Nov.6 while her daughter, Carolyn, looks over her shoulder at Golf Middle School in Morton Grove. | Kevin Tanaka~for Sun-Times Media.

Election judge Sirena Iannotta (left) helps Joyce DeFranze, both of Norridge, get started on an electronic voting machine at Leigh Grammar School in Norridge on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. | Michael Jarecki ~ for Sun-Times Media

Norridge residents vote at Leigh Grammar School in Norridge on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. | Michael Jarecki ~ for Sun-Times Media

Renee Zorc of Libertyville helps voters Tuesday at the Fremont Public Library in Mundelein. | Joe Shuman~for Sun-Times Media

Casey Vyverman, 5, waits with her dad Scott Vyverman while he votes Tuesday at Fremont Public Library in Mundelein. | Joe Shuman~for Sun-Times Media

Volunteer Spero Dalietos of Willowbrook passes out "I Voted" stickers at the Burr Ridge United Church of Christ polling location. | Jerry Daliege~for Sun-Times Media

Duane Stavnes of Hawthorn Woods has helped with elections for more than eight years. | Joe Shuman~For Sun-Times Media

Amanda Howland gives the thumbs up that she understands the info for voting Tuesday in Hawthorn Woods. | Joe Shuman~For Sun-Times Media

The line of voters waiting to get ballots sometimes stretched into the hallway at Oak Park Village Hall on Tuesday. | Jon Langham~for Sun-Times Media

Benton Zeiser of Oak Park ponders his ballot while voting at Village Hall on Tuesday. | Jon Langham~for Sun-Times Media

Voters wait in lines for regular and electronic voting booths at the River Forest Community Center. An election judge with more than 40 years of experience said the turnout was the heaviest she had ever seen. | Jon Langham~for Sun-Times Media

Voters check in at the Oak Brook Golf Club on Nov. 6, 2012. | Chuck Fieldman—Sun-Times Media

Voting was steady all morning at John Mills School in Elmwood Park. | Jon Langham~for Sun-Times Media

Park Ridge residents Don Walsh and Jeff Getz, with his 11-year-old daughter, Lily, vote Tuesday at Park Ridge City Hall. | Jon Durr~For Sun-Times Media

Mary Ellen Jones votes Tuesday at Park Ridge City Hall | Jon Durr~For Sun-Times Media

Evanston resident Virgil Massie pokes his head out above the privacy panels while he votes Tuesday at the Fleetwood-Jourdain Community Center. | Jon Durr~For Sun-Times Media

Evanston Ald. Dolores Holmes (5th) talks with Evanston resident Paul Howlett (left) about their opinions of the election at the Fleetwood-Jourdain Community Cente on Nov. 6. | Jon Durr~For Sun-Times Media