- May 1, 2024
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The numbers before the polls opened for the second day of early voting Oct. 25: 7,252 people had already voted by mail, 2,774 had voted early and four had voted provisional ballots. (Image from flaglerelections.com)
Flagler County voters turned out in high numbers for the first two days of early voting this general election.
“The first day of early voting was very, very steady,” Flagler County Elections Supervisor Kaiti Lenhart said. “We had a great turnout.”
As of the morning of Oct. 25, 12.63% (10,030) of the county’s 79,417 registered voters had already cast a ballot, either by mail or by early voting.
Lenhart said she hoped that this year’s overall turnout among eligible voters will exceed that of the 2012 general election, when it was 73%.
In 2012, early voting was held for eight says, and 19,918 people voted early, with 2,172 voting the first day.
This election, 2,774 people voted during the first day of early voting Oct. 24.
“We’re set to at least match the 73% turnout that we had in 2012,” Lenhart said.
As of the the morning of Tuesday, Oct. 25, 7,252 people had also voted by mail.
Republicans have turned out so far in higher numbers than Democrats, who they outnumber in Flagler County.
There are 31,512 registered Republicans in Flagler County, of which 4,712 (14.95%) had cast ballots as of the morning of Oct. 25. Of the county’s 25,319 registered Democrats, 3,553 (14.03%) had cast ballots as of the morning of Oct. 25.
The county’s 22,586 voters who are not registered with one of the two major parties have had much lower turnout numbers: Just 1,765 (7.81%) had voted as of the morning of Oct. 25.
Early voting is being held daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 24 to Nov. 5 at three locations: The Flagler County Public Library at 2500 Palm Coast Parkway NW, the Palm Coast Community Center at 305 Palm Coast Parkway NE and the Flagler County Supervisor of Elections Office at 1769 E. Moody Boulevard.
