Thu
Apr 13 2006
05:36 pm
Early voting begins in Knox County
By: R. Neal

Greg Mackay at the Knox County Election Commission reports that 639 people voted in the first day of early voting yesterday. In addition, they have received 226 absentee ballots by mail, for a total of 825 votes so far.

Of the 649 who voted yesterday, 40 requested paper ballots. The overall break down so far is 226 votes in the Democratic primary, 595 votes in the Republican primary, and 4 undeclared.

(I wonder how many of the 599 who voted by machine were even aware that twelve of the names on the ballot have been ruled ineligible for office?)

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Michael Silence's picture

Go figure

Submitted by Michael Silence on Thu, 2006/04/13 - 5:57pm.

I've been quite busy but I did a quick check on early voting in 2002 and found that about 1,300 had voted through the first six days or so. I anticipated a small turnout this time around due to the obvious but maybe not.

rikki's picture

Early voting has gotten much

Submitted by rikki on Thu, 2006/04/13 - 7:27pm.

Early voting has gotten much more popular since 2002. In recent elections it has accounted for about half the votes, whereas in 2002 it was more like a third. Comparing 2006 with 2002 is tricky.

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