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LIVE UPDATES: Early Turnout for Virginia Governor's Election: 'A Trickle'
mystery-ak:
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/11/05/Early-Reports-on-Turnout-for-Virginia-Governor-s-Election-A-Trickle
by Michael Patrick Leahy 5 Nov 2013, 8:02 AM PDT post a comment
Early reports from voters at two polling places in Virginia's gubernatorial election, one in Richmond and one in Lynchburg, indicate that as of 9:30 am eastern standard time, turnout has been just "a trickle."
A third report, from Rustburg in rural Campbell County, a conservative stronghold, indicates turnout is good there. At that location, Cuccinelli signs are highly visible and McAuliffe signs are not present.
UPDATE (11:06am EST): The Virginia State Board of Elections reports turnout for the following counties (as of 11am EST):
Montgomery 12.9%
Petersburg .8%
James City County 15%
Falls Church 25%
Waynesboro 7.7%
Halifax 10%
Poquoson 15%
Martinsville 10%
UPDATE (11:12am EST) Alexandria Turnout Mixed. Mike Flynn: I voted in my precinct in Alexandria City around 9:30am. Just under 30% of the precinct had voted by then. My precinct generally has a higher turnout than the rest of the state. My precinct is overwhelmingly Democrat.
Other precincts around Alexandria had much lighter turnout. A source following election day voting told Breitbart News that turnout was running behind 2009 levels. In that election, 40% of Virginia voters went to the polls.
McAuliffe will win Alexandria handily, but he needs a very big turnout here to overcome his losses in the rest of the state.
ABX:
Don't worry. I'm sure by the end of the day those solidly blue counties will have greater than 100% turnout to shift everything in McAwful's favor.
mystery-ak:
UPDATE (11:12am EST) Alexandria Turnout Mixed. Mike Flynn: I voted in my precinct in Alexandria City around 9:30am. Just under 30% of the precinct had voted by then. My precinct generally has a higher turnout than the rest of the state. My precinct is overwhelmingly Democrat.
Other precincts around Alexandria had much lighter turnout. A source following election day voting told Breitbart News that turnout was running behind 2009 levels. In that election, 40% of Virginia voters went to the polls.
McAuliffe will win Alexandria handily, but he needs a very big turnout here to overcome his losses in the rest of the state.
UPDATE (11:45am EST) Pickett:
A Loudoun County polling site located in East Lovettsville at Lovettsville Elementary School is on target for a 50 percent turnout a polling site official told Breitbart News. As of 10:45 AM around 430 people had voted at that polling site. According to the polling official, that same site received an 80 percent turnout rate from voters in 2012.
UPDATE (Noon, EST) The Virginia State Board of Elections reports turnout for the following counties (as of 11:49am EST):
Dickenson 7%
Highland 7%
Westmoreland 15%
Sussex 17%
Alleghany 9%
Bristol 14%
Northampton 19%
UPDATE (12:29pm EST) Pickett:
A Loudoun County polling site located in Purcelville at Emerick Elementary School has had an over 20 percent turnout rate sine noon. Over 600 Virginia residents have voted at this precinct so far. It should be noted that 105 absentee ballots have also been cast at this site as well.
UPDATE (12:43pm EST) Absentee ballots are up from 2009. The Virginia State Board of Elections reports 121,000 absentee ballots have been returned in 2013. In 2009, 88,189 absentee ballots were cast. With around 2 million votes expected to be cast, absentee voting makes up a very small share of the overall electorate.
UPDATE (12:50pm EST) From the great BearingDrift blog on Virginia politics:
Here's some turnout numbers for Fairfax. As of 10 AM, 140 of 238 prec. reporting, 60,602 votes out of 665,301 active voters or 9.1%.
— Brian W. Schoeneman (@BrianSchoeneman) November 5, 2013
Brian Schoeneman is a member of the Fairfax County election board.
flowers:
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Rapunzel:
I do not like or trust absentee voting - or electronic machines
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