Low voter turnout reported so far in Broward primary elections
BROWARD COUNTY, Florida. – The Broward County Election Commission reported low voter turnout in the primary election on Tuesday.
There are just over a million active voters in Broward County, but as of Tuesday afternoon, only 163,000 voters had turned out to vote, meaning turnout in Broward was about 15 percent.
Local 10 News reporter Roy Ramos reported Tuesday from the Broward Supervisor of Elections Office’s newest location in Fort Lauderdale.
However, the Lauderhill location remains open so voters can drop off their mail-in ballots there or vote in person.
The polling stations opened at 7 a.m. on Tuesday and will remain open until 7 p.m.
Although 15 percent voter turnout is relatively low, Broward election officials hope to increase that number to about 20 percent.
“As long as you’re in line by 7 p.m., you can vote — I’m hoping we get some pickup as people get off work today, and hopefully they don’t wait until too late in the evening, because the closer it gets to 7 p.m., the more likely you are to have to wait in line,” said Broward County Elections Director Joe Scott. “It’s an incredibly important election — a lot of important decisions are going to be made today, tonight. This election is not going to last until November, so I strongly encourage people to either go to their polling places in person to vote. Also, there are over 100,000 mail-in ballots still in circulation, so get those mail-in ballots to one of our offices by 9 p.m. if you can.
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