Arkansas Voter Turnout Topping 65 Percent, Total Count Not Yet Final
By: KARK 4 News
Updated: November 8, 2012
Arkansas voter turnout Tuesday night is running at more than 65-percent and the counting is not over yet.
Numbers are still coming in from the Secretary of State's Office, but with 91-percent of county returns in, here are the numbers: 1,064,200 ballots have been counted out of 1,618,320 registered voters.
Checking the county returns, turnout appears to have been highest in 22 counties (see list below) where rates were 70 to 80-percent.
Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Jackson, Phillips, Scott, St. Francis, and White counties
60 to 70 percent:
Arkansas, Benton, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleburne, Crawford, Cross, Dallas, Desha, Drew, Faulkner, Fulton, Garland, Greene, Hempstead, Hot Spring, Howard, Independence, Jefferson, Johnson, Lafayette, Lawrence, Lee, Lincoln, Logan, Lonoke, Marion, Mississippi, Montgomery, Nevada, Ouachita, Perry, Pike, Poinsett, Pope, Pulaski, Randolph, Searcy, Sebastian, Sevier, Sharp, Washington, Woodruff, and Yell counties
70 to 80 percent:
Ashley, Baxter, Boone, Bradley, Carroll, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia, Conway, Franklin, Grant, Izard, Little River, Madison, Miller, Monroe, Polk, Prairie, Saline, Stone, Union and Van Buren counties
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Numbers are still coming in from the Secretary of State's Office, but with 91-percent of county returns in, here are the numbers: 1,064,200 ballots have been counted out of 1,618,320 registered voters.
Checking the county returns, turnout appears to have been highest in 22 counties (see list below) where rates were 70 to 80-percent.
Voter turnout rate breakdown
50 to 60 percent:40 to 50 percent:
Newton County
Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Jackson, Phillips, Scott, St. Francis, and White counties
60 to 70 percent:
Arkansas, Benton, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleburne, Crawford, Cross, Dallas, Desha, Drew, Faulkner, Fulton, Garland, Greene, Hempstead, Hot Spring, Howard, Independence, Jefferson, Johnson, Lafayette, Lawrence, Lee, Lincoln, Logan, Lonoke, Marion, Mississippi, Montgomery, Nevada, Ouachita, Perry, Pike, Poinsett, Pope, Pulaski, Randolph, Searcy, Sebastian, Sevier, Sharp, Washington, Woodruff, and Yell counties
70 to 80 percent:
Ashley, Baxter, Boone, Bradley, Carroll, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia, Conway, Franklin, Grant, Izard, Little River, Madison, Miller, Monroe, Polk, Prairie, Saline, Stone, Union and Van Buren counties
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