The presidential election years tend to generate the most excitement, but it is the local municipal elections that really have an impact within the community. The highest number of votes in a coordinated election came in 2013, when there were about 151,300 cards cast in the county, which accounted for a voter turnout of nearly 42 percent.
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The election for Indiana County board of commissioners is the apparent top race of interest in this year’s general election.
Among those who did vote were diehards such as Norman Velores, 53, of Fort Lee – a native of Jamaica who said he has voted in every election since becoming an American citizen almost 20 years ago.
The other, the Voter-Friendly Ballot Act, would change the layout of the ballot, which is still suited more to the old lever machines than the new optical scanners and can confuse people.
“I voted yes on 1, no on 2, and yes on 3”, said Scott Patterson. Requests for absentee ballots were 35 percent lower, at about 6,600, according to the Marion County Clerk’s Office.
Two-year-old Anna Mitchell Lynch waits patiently as her mother Lashay Lynch casts her ballot in Tuesday’s election in Hernando Mississippi.
Port City Daily is covering races for three open seats on Wilmington City Council, town council and mayoral elections in Carolina Beach and Kure Beach, as well as mayoral races in Southport and Oak Island.
Salt Lake City voters may still vote in person Tuesday, November 3. Instead of weighing broad political philosophies that could shift the direction of national policy, this election was more about the nuts and bolts of local government.
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When all precincts have reported, the election night counting is done – but the results are not yet official. “I made sure I was here for this”, she said. A few 154 people voted in person at the apartment complex by shortly after noon. Meaning, you could potentially drop your ballot in the mail today and as long as it’s received by Friday, it will count.
