Sangamon Digest

Early voting is running at a strong pace in Bloomington and across McLean County, with officials reporting higher-than-usual participation for a nonpresidential election and no significant problems, The Pantagraph reports. The county’s Government Center site averaged about 70 to 80 voters a day in the first week, versus roughly 10 on a typical day in a comparable election.

Bloomington voters are weighing three nonbinding referendums — on a data-center moratorium, abolishing the local grocery tax, and divesting from Israel — ahead of the Nov. 3 election.