GREENE COUNTY — Many area boards of elections are seeing higher voter turnout already.
News Center 7′s Taylor Robertson spoke with several election officials who said the high numbers are because of polarizing issues on the ballot.
There have been over 3,000 people who placed their early vote at the Greene County Board of Elections.
“We’ve seen a lot of people coming in,” Alisha Lampert, Greene County Board of Elections director said.
As well as an increase in people requesting absentee ballots.
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“It’s not as high of numbers because it’s not a gubernatorial but we’re still seeing a lot of interest,” Lampert said.
Interest in Issue 1 and Issue 2.
Lampert said if there is not a line at the polls, voters are typically in and out.
News Center 7 looked into other counties across the Miami Valley.
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In Montgomery County as of Oct. 20, there were over 12,000 absentee ballots to be sent.
Around 3,795 people showed up to vote early, which is 300 votes ahead of the last gubernatorial election in 2022.
In Miami County, 2,335 people showed up to vote early.
In Clark County, 4,338 absentee ballots were requested so far and nearly 2300 people acted their early vote.
“Typically for an election for an off-year general election we would see somewhere around the neighborhood of 20 percent this year we’re anticipated we’re going to be at the mid-fifties,” Laura Bruns, Miami County Board of Elections director said.
Next Tuesday is the deadline to get your absentee ballot application turned in, the form can be found at your county’s board of elections website or by stopping in to grab a paper form.