58-Year Election Judge Says Local Precinct is the Social Event of the Season
Laurette Froelich of River Forest, an election judge for the last 58 years, says the polls are a great place to catch up on news and watch the community grow.
For Laurette Froelich, the local election precinct is more than just somewhere to cast your ballot: it provides a sense of community, a place to watch kids grow older and a chance to catch up with neighbors. Froelich, of River Forest, was sitting at her table at Village Hall in River Forest today, just as she has done for nearly five decades in River Forest. She's seen a lot of elections since she started working as an election judge in the late 50s, and maybe not surprisingly, little has changed, she said. "The biggest change is the River Forest is more Democratic now," Froelich said of years on the job. "It used to be a Republican stronghold." With curly grey hair and wide smile, she joked with the other election judges in the 5th …
