Douglas County voters who cast their ballots early in person shattered the previous record by more than 5,300 votes, and overall turnout through 10:30 a.m. Tuesday neared 50%.
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The previous record for in-person early ballots cast was 15,637 in the 2016 general election, Douglas County Clerk Jamie Shew said Thursday.
Douglas County voters had already broken the record ahead of Saturday early voting. Stats available Tuesday morning gave the final total of early in-person votes cast — 20,946, or roughly a quarter of the county’s 83,165 registered voters.
Here’s a chart of the in-person early ballots cast broken down by party:
More than 11,600 advance ballots had also been returned to the election office by Tuesday morning, with early votes altogether representing about 39% of the county’s voters.
Election Day turnout is on track to be high, too, with several more hours of voting to go.
Here are turnout numbers for each polling place through 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, as posted by the Douglas County clerk’s office. Altogether, 41,322 voters had cast their ballots, for 49.69% of voters.
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