February 27, 2024
By: Dwayne Page
If you intend to vote early in the March 5 primaries you are running out of time. Today (Tuesday, February 27) is the last day for early voting which will take place from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. in the courthouse downtown Smithville. The Absentee ballot request deadline is also today (Tuesday, February 27).
The Election Commission reports that a total of 154 people voted Monday, February 26 including 150 in person and 4 by absentee. Of that number, 146 cast ballots in the Republican Primary and 8 in the Democratic Primary.
That brings the ten-day early voting total to 962 of which, 888 have voted in the Republican Primary and 74 in the Democratic Primary.
Election day voting, March 5 will be from 8 a.m. until 7 p.m. at all 12 precincts in DeKalb County.