backed out some poll workers have decided they dont want to work on tuesday a small number so were making sure were prepared larose ohios secretary of state told abc news in an interview thursday in chicago and cook county illinois officials are seeking court orders to allow paper ballots to be used for voting in nursing homes rather than having election judges and poll watchers visit facilities to help with voting as they normally would rogelio v solisap as of friday morning 860572 democrats had returned their mailin ballots or voted early compared to 2016s total of 889070 which was roughly 52 percent of the ballots cast four years ago some people arent going to be able to find the polls and theyre going to drive to where they usually vote and its not open and theyll just say forget it martinez the university of florida political scientist told abc news moving polling places logistically election officials have scrambled to relocate dozens polling places out of senior homes and away from vulnerable populations taking steps to notify voters where they can and reduce health risks for elderly voters where they havent been able to move operations while early voting ends in arizona on the friday before the election illinois residents have until closeofbusiness monday to vote early as far as i can recall this is the first time weve had an event that really goes coast to coast and therefore you could have effects all over the country michael chertoff who served as secretary of homeland security under president george w bush told abc news the situation in many communities is changing minutebyminute in lake county illinois robin oconnor the country clerk told abc news on thursday that no polling places had been moved we have hired more than whats required to operate our polling locations we can and always do hire extra poll workers for our locations so we are taking this day by day and assessing as things change she said