Montgomery County voter turnout for Tuesday’s election was considered low compared to previous and expected standards.
A total of 20,849 voters in Montgomery County cast votes for the governor election this year out of a total of 54,568 registered voters, just a 38 percent turnout.
“I would have thought the percent to be closer to about 50 percent,” said Randy Wertz, Montgomery County registrar. “But I really don’t know why it was as low as it was because nothing really jumps out in the data.”
The trends exhibited in this year’s election data showed no major change, Wertz said.
“The biggest precinct, which is A-1, had the highest number of voters, which is expected,” he added. “Voter turnout there was around 50 percent. This is typical.”
Since this was the first time the town elections occurred simultaneously with the gubernatorial elections, numbers of people who cast votes for town council actually increased.
In previous years, town council elections have occurred in May.
“More people actually voted in the town elections,” Wertz said. “Usually about 10-15 percent of voters vote for the town elections. This year it was higher than that.”
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