A total of 1,142 people cast ballots during the early voting period of April 14th through April 29th for the DeKalb County Democratic Primary. That’s down a bit from the 1,384 who voted early in the local democratic primary four years ago.
The largest single day turnout during the fourteen day early voting period was on the last day Thursday, April 29th when 191 showed up to cast ballots, in addition to one ballot cast by mail.
The results revealed some other interesting statistics. For example, more women voted than men; older voters turned out in greater numbers than younger voters; and among the seven districts in the county, the third district had the highest number of early voters.
The following are the numbers of voters by age groups:
Age 18-20: 19 voters
Age 21-30: 54 voters
Age 31-40: 97 voters
Age 41-50: 155 voters
Age 51-65: 369 voters
Age Over 65: 448 voters
Voters by sex:
Female: 595
Male:547
Heres how the vote breaks down by district:
First District: 77
Second District: 112
Third District: 285
Fourth District: 198
Fifth District: 164
Sixth District: 119
Seventh District:187
Total: 1,142
Daily voting totals from April 14th-29th:
Wednesday, April 14th: 94 ( 80 by personal appearance and 14 by mail)
Thursday, April 15th: 83 (82 by personal appearance and one by mail)
Friday, April 16th: 75 by personal appearance
Saturday, April 17th: 43 (40 by personal appearance and three by mail)
Monday, April 19th: 63 (57 by personal appearance and six by mail)
Tuesday, April 20th: 70 (64 by personal appearance and six by mail)
Wednesday, April 21st: 54 (50 by personal appearance and four by mail)
Thursday, April 22nd: 92 by personal appearance
Friday, April 23rd: 69 (68 by personal appearance and one by mail)
Saturday, April 24th:69 (66 by personal appearance,including 24 at the nursing home, and three by mail)
Monday, April 26th: 77 (75 by personal appearance and two by mail)
Tuesday, April 27th: 70 (65 by personal appearance and five by mail)
Wednesday, April 28th: 91 (87 by personal appearance and four by mail)
Thursday, April 29th: 192 (191 by personal appearance and one by mail)
If you are eligible to vote and did not take advantage of early voting, you may vote at the precinct where you are registered to vote on Tuesday, May 4th . The polls will be open from 8:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m.
WJLE will have LIVE election return coverage Tuesday night starting at 7:00 p.m. on AM 1480/FM 101.7 and LIVE audio streaming at www.wjle.com. The WJLE broadcast may also be heard on MYDTC3, the local cable channel of DTC Communications.
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