Jamestown

Voter turnout in Tues school bond referendum

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