By John Estridge from information supplied by the Union County Clerk’s Office
If Union County is any indicator, the 2020 election may blow up the record books.
According to information provided by Union County Clerk Loree Persinger, as of the end of Thursday, October 29, 1,851 Union County registered voters have voted already. Further, Persinger broke that number down, to 1,463 votes in person and 388 by mail. There are 5,273 registered voters in Union County, meaning 35 percent of them have already voted.
In all of the 2016 election, 3,353 people voted, and there were 5,914 registered voters at that time for a 56.7 percent turnout. During that election, 959 people voted by early or absentee ballot.
That means, as of noon Friday, 55 percent of all those who voted in 2016, have already cast their ballots. And there is the rest of Friday, Saturday and until noon on Monday for people to take advantage of early voting. And, of course, there is the traditional election day itself, Tuesday, Nov. 3.
All of the in-person traditional election day voting will take place at the 4-H Building in Liberty.