CALHOUN VOTERS CAST 135 EARLY BALLOTS - Light Turnout Predicted For Tuesday |
(05/05/2006) |
Calhoun voters have used early voting at the County Clerk's office 135 times, as of yesterday. Early voting concludes Saturday, hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. County Clerks around WV are predicting a low voter turn-out next Tuesday, as low as 15%. Americans appear to be turning up less and less to vote. The low turn-out prediction is based on this being an off-year election. The turn-out could be affected by the installation of computerized voting in 34 counties. Calhoun Clerk Richard Kirby said Calhoun's voters so far have been receptive to the touch-screen voting system. WVs Secretary of State has indicated the state may bring a lawsuit against a programming company for its failure to provide the computer ballot in a timely manner. Several WV counties are still having problems getting the system operational, and some are using paper ballots.
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