votebuttonjpgTHUMBJamestown (CSi) Voter turnout at the Jamestown Civic Center, in Tuesday’s school bond referendum was picking up on Tuesday afternoon.

Stutsman County Auditor/COO Casey Bradley said as of 2-p.m., 1,132 people had voted since the polls opened at 7-a.m., or about 4.8% of eligible school district voters. He expected more people voting after work until the polls close at 7-p.m

Between 7-a.m., and 8-a.m., Tuesday about 90 people voted, and in the 10-O’clock hour 152 votes were counted. The 1-p.m. hour also had an increase in voters.

Absentee and Early Voting totals were 360 or about 2.2%.

Based on those numbers, plus the voter turnout as of 2-p.m. it’s projected that voter turnout will be about 7%, not including votes cast till the polls close at 7-p.m.

The ballots will be hand-counted at the Civic Center beginning at 7-p.m.

The final unofficial results will be posted on line Tuesday evening at CSiNewsNow.com