EARLY VOTING FINISHES WITH OVER 5,100 BALLOTS CAST; ELECTION DAY TUESDAY
Early voting has concluded for the May 26th primary runoff election.
Washington County Elections Administrator Carol Jackson reports that 1,195 people came out to vote on Friday, made up of 1,112 Republicans and 83 Democrats.
All in all, 5,168 ballots were cast during early voting, including 4,908 in the Republican primary and 260 in the Democratic primary. With 25,802 registered voters in the county, this equates to an early voting turnout of 20 percent.
In comparison to tallies from the March 3 primary, official results show 6,274 voters came out during early voting, with 5,190 being Republicans and 1,084 being Democrats. After Election Day and absentee voting, the final total was 9,382 votes, including 7,663 by Republicans and 1,719 by Democrats.
Anyone who did not come out to the Washington County Courthouse Annex for early voting will now need to wait until Tuesday and go to their designated polling place (a list can be seen here) between the hours of 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. The courthouse annex will not be open for voting on Election Day.
KWHI will have election coverage once polls close on Tuesday on AM 1280, FM 101.7 and kwhi.com.