Even with a key U.S. Senate race and election of party candidates for governor, voter turnout was low for the Primary Election in Delaware County, a mere “drip, drip, drip,” according to Springfield Commissioner Ed Kelly.
Despite beautiful weather, voter turnout was a trickle, writes Pete Bannan for the Daily Times.
A low in-person turnout is partially due to the influence of mail-in voting, says Norwood Mayor Robert Narcavage.
“Elections days are like a different dynamic now. You don’t find out at the end of the day who won, you don’t know how many people from the jump voted, 30-40,000 people have already voted, it’s a different dynamic and totally an era of elections,” Narcavage said. “It’s just different.”
Mail-in/absentee ballots numbered 39,864 this election, county officials say.
There was higher than usual voter turnout in Ridley Township, with former township commissioner Dave White running as a GOP candidate for governor.
In-person voting does have one advantage. It gives residents a chance to find and talk with their elected officials.
“You see your neighbors, you see your elected officials…there’s two times a year people know where they can find you, today and the general (election),” Kelly says.
Read more at the Daily Times about voter turnout for the Primary Election.
