early voting turnout

Bedford County smashed its previous record early voting turnout by almost 50 percent, with 8,464 votes cast during the early voting period that ended Thursday, according to Administrator of Elections...

Southern Beale brings the facts and the commentary:

Williamson County more than doubled its first-day early voting turnout, with 4,509 casting ballots on Wednesday, and Rutherford’s 3,298 was more than a 50 percent increase.

According to our daily fishwrap , Tennessee’s early voting set a record on Wednesday, with 108,573 people casting ballots statewide. Wednesday was the first day early voting was available here.

I was at the Election Commission on Wednesday, picking up a stack of maps to hand hapless voters who might show up at the Brainerd early voting location, and the place sure was busy.

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Looking at the exit polls in Rhode Island (which are likely more accurate than Texas because they don't have the high early voting turnout), a trend is continuing....Obama wins among the College Educated, but loses heavily among the less educated.

I think a large part of this has to do with the rumors about him...he's a Muslim, doesn't know the pledge of allegiance, went to school with Bin Laden (yep, heard

The News Sentinel reports that statewide early voting turnout is a new record, and Knox County had the highest early voter turnout in the state. And that's in total numbers, not percentage. More than either Shelby or Davidson County. The turnout is attributed to intense interest in controversial local races.

News reports put yesterday's Knox Co. early voting turnout at an impressive 5101, bringing the total to 21,445.

With two more days of early voting (today and tomorrow, Thursday Jan. 31st) and additional centers and extended hours and a decent weather forecast, we are revising our total primary turnout projection up sharply to 61,000, with a possibility of it going as high as 75,000 to 82,000.

Weather could be a factor on Tuesday with the forecast calling for a 40% chance of sh

The SKB Institute of Applied Back of the Envelope Mathematics has crunched the early voting numbers so far and is prepared to make the following predictions for Feb. 5th Knox Co. turnout:

Early voting turnout: 21,376
Total turnout: 47,503

Previous predictions (from last Nov.):

Greg Mackay: 70,000
Don Daugherty: 50,000
Bill Young: 95,000
R. Neal: 95,000 (without Fred)

With the MLK holiday, the weather, and Fred Thompson behind us, early voting is picking up in Knox County. 1646 people voted yesterday, bringing the total to 8200.

As mentioned yesterday, early voting turnout will most likely continue to increase and could be heavy on the last two days.

In the 2006 county primary and the 2004 presidential primary, nearly half of early voters voted in the last three days of early voting.