A total of 1,559 persons took advantage of early voting in DeKalb County during the two week period from October 15-30. That’s down from four years ago when 1,989 people voted and way down from two years ago in a Presidential election year when 3,196 people voted early here.
The largest single day turnout was the last day, Thursday October 30 when 267 showed up to vote, including 158 in person and nine by absentee.
A total of 456 voters in Smithville cast ballots plus 69 property rights voters. The City of Smithville has two liquor referendums on the ballot November 4th.
The DeKalb early vote breakdown in the state house districts are as follows: A total of 1,177 voted in District 40 (Terri Lynn Weaver’s district) and 382 voted in district 46 (Mark Pody’s district) plus any absentees that may come in later.
The precinct breakdown of early voting is as follows:
Alexandria: 79
Temperance Hall:49
Edgar Evins State Park:5
Liberty:47
Dowelltown:43
Snow Hill:78
Church of God:362
Cherry Hill:19
Rock Castle:3
Courthouse:295
Johnson Chapel:59
County Complex:199
Belk:25
Keltonburg:52
Blue Springs:42
Church of Christ:202
The vote totals each day are as follows:
Wednesday (October 15): 85 in person and 16 by absentee for a total of 101
Thursday: 82 in person and 2 by absentee for a total of 84
Friday: 77 in person and 1 by absentee for a total of 78
Saturday: 62 in person
Monday: 98 in person and 3 by absentee for a total of 101
Tuesday: 92 in person
Wednesday: 80 in person and 7 by absentee for a total of 87
Thursday: 122 in person and 9 by absentee for a total of 131
Friday: 89 in person and 2 by absentee for a total of 91
Saturday: 58 in person and 5 by absentee for a total of 63
Monday: 116 in person and 6 by absentee for a total of 122
Tuesday: 99 in person and 10 by absentee for a total of 109
Wednesday: 167 in person and 4 by absentee for a total of 171
Thursday: 158 in person and 9 by absentee for a total of 267
Election day is Tuesday, November 4. Voting at all sixteen precincts in DeKalb County will be from 8:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. Listen for LIVE coverage of local election returns Tuesday night when the polls close at 7:00 p.m. on WJLE AM 1480/FM 101.7 and LIVE streaming on www.wjle.com
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