Good turnout Tues., sales tax vote, TRAC

Jamestown (CSi)  Voter turnout in Jamestown on Tuesday for the TRAC one percent sales tax vote showed good numbers.

Stutsman County is in charge of the elections, and County CEO Casey Bradley says as of mid afternoon Tuesday, a total of almost 2,000 votes had been cast.

Of those, about 1,100 ballots were cast at the Civic Center on Tuesday.

Prior to that, a total of 891 Early Voting and Absentee ballots were turned in.

A simple majority is need to pass the issue.

The polls at the Civic Center remain open until 7-p.m. on Tuesday.

The votes will be canvassed by the City of Jamestown on Monday June 8, 2015.