November 9, 2022
By: Dwayne Page
The DeKalb County turnout for the Election Tuesday was better than in August but not as large as the November elections in 2020 or 2018.
A total of 5,226 people voted Tuesday locally including 3,681 on election day, 1,389 during the walk-in early voting period and 156 by absentee.
In the August DeKalb County General Election and Tennessee Primaries, total of 4,794 people voted including 2,214 on election day and 2,357 during early voting. There were 223 absentee voters. That turnout represented 37.14% of the total number of registered voters at 12,909.
A record number of voters turned out for the Presidential election locally in November 2020 totaling 8,542 including 4,606 early voters, 511 absentees and 3,425 on election day.
Four years ago, in November, 2018, the DeKalb County turnout was 6,030 people including 3,135 early voters and absentees and 2,895 on election day.