(MCT) — Voter registration is down in Chicago and Cook County compared with four years ago, but has increased slightly in most of the suburban collar counties.

The numbers from county to county may differ, but election officials agree on a few observations in advance of Tuesday's voter registration deadline: They don't expect the same unprecedented flood of last-minute registration forms as in 2008. They haven't seen teams of campaign workers scavenging for every last unregistered voter. And they don't sense the same level of sheer enthusiasm from voters.