Early Voting Turnouts Are Heavy
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
Based on heavy turnout in the early voting
period that began on Monday, Secretary of State Charlie Daniels
says he expects 70 percent of registered voters in Arkansas to cast
ballots through the general election on November second.
The state has a record number of new voters. Though the state
ballot lacks a hotly-contested seat, the presidential race makes up
for it.
Deputy secretary of state Janet Miller says more than
200-thousand people could cast early voting ballots this year.
For the 2000 presidential election, Arkansas had a 59 percent
voter turnout, or about 850,000 votes.
When Bill Clinton was re-elected president in 1996, 63 percent
of Arkansas voters cast ballots, and in 1992, Clinton`s first time
up for the office, turnout was 80 percent.
This year, 70 percent turnout would mean 1.6 million votes.
