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New faces on school board, city council About 53 percent of registered voters went to the polls Tuesday, November 2, marking the best turnout local election officials have seen in a long time. łThat is a good turnout,˛ noted County Court Clerk Carol Jones. łThe polls were busy throughout the day.˛ Several election workers reported voters having to wait in line during busier times of the day. Jones said there were no problems at the local precincts. łThere was no problem with the machines. We did get calls from people who wanted to know where to go vote,˛ Jones pointed out. Most of those calls came from residents who had moved but had not changed their address in the voter rolls. Jones said her office answered those type of questions throughout the day. Jones had predicted over the past several weeks that voter turnout in Wayne County would be good. Absentee voting was up, as well as the amount of interest that people had expressed in voting this year. From national to state races, as well as local offices and a constitutional amendment, voters had a lot of decisions to make. Wayne Countians voted overwhelmingly in favor of a constitutional amendment that defines marriage between one man and one woman. Also Wayne County voted the way the rest of the state did in the presidential race, for George W. Bush. Bush received 5,027 votes in Wayne County, compared to the 2,616 votes received by his democratic challenger John Kerry. Add a comment |
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