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Bluebag Media
Voter
registrations are up – turnout likely to be higher
GREENVILLE – A number of voters registering for the first time were
primarily due to the petitions being signed during the summer. Also,
according to Jean Anderson, Darke County Board of Elections, the last
two weeks before the deadline there were a number of new registrations.
The total new registrations wasn’t available at the time.
As of Oct. 20 three military overseas absentee ballots have been
received, 298 ballots have been mailed out (with 90 returned so far)
and 222 have voted absentee in person.
Board of Elections Director Becky Martin said she had a feeling overall
voter turnout will be higher this year than four years ago. “I think it
will be primarily due to the number of Issues on the ballot. We had two
then, three this year.”
Voter comments about the issues has been minimal; regardless Elections
Board employees aren’t allowed to talk about them...
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