CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – (CLARKSVILLENOW) A recent Washington Post story that focused on historically low voter turnout in Clarksville-Montgomery County may have been true in the past, but local voters are hitting the polls in record numbers to change the narrative.
The story, published October 17, asks “Could this be the year that Tennessee’s Montgomery County shows up to vote?”
The paper talked to several Clarksville residents who explained why they’re not planning to vote.
Despite past records, the county may prove the article wrong as figures come in showing Montgomery County residents voting in higher than usual numbers.
As of Saturday, October 20 more than 9,300 Montgomery County residents voted early or absentee in the first four days of early voting.
On a statewide scale, Tennesseans are voting in record numbers with close to 350,000 ballots cast in the first three days of early voting, according to the Associated Press.
According to vote totals on the Secretary of State’s website, 346,130 early and absentee ballots had been cast in the midterm elections by the end of the day Friday. The number was continuing to update on Saturday.
Montgomery County Administrator of Elections Elizabeth Black told ClarksvilleNow she’s encouraged by the early voting numbers.
“We have had an incredible turnout so far and we’re excited to keep the momentum going,” she said.
Early voting continues through Thursday, November 1, 2018 at the Montgomery County Election Commission (350 Pageant Lane, Suite 404).
Find all the information you need about the election and early voting on the ClarksvilleNow Elections Page.
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