With contentious races, election disputes and record voting by mail, Nov. 3 won’t be ‘a good night to seek instant gratification’

While more than 2.5 million voters already have cast their ballots in Illinois alone amid a pandemic that has fueled record-setting mail-in and early voting numbers, don’t expect the winners in some of the election’s most anticipated races to be known the night of Nov. 3 - and in some cases for days after that.