Early voting is underway at 2 locations
Staff Report
Early voting for the primary election got underway over the weekend and continues through Saturday.
This year Supervisor of Elections Joe Morgan added a second location, north of Crawfordville at the River Sink Fire Station, but Morgan was disappointed that the turn-out by voters had been very, very light.
A total of only 342 voters had voted early as of Monday, and only 1,311 have returned vote by mail ballots. In a county with 23,255 registered voters, that represents a 7.1% turnout so far, Morgan said.
On the August ballot are local races for county judge, and two seats on the school board.
Early voting continues through Saturday, Aug. 20, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Election Day is Tuesday, Aug. 23 with voting at precincts from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.