Early voting turnout in nine days: 1,333

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 7 November 2022 at 9:42 am

ALBION – The turnout for early voting over nine days in Orleans County was 1,333.

That is 5.4 percent of the total registered voter enrollment of 24,585.

The county has one early voting polling site at the Board of Elections in Albion at the County Office Building.

The turnout was consistent each day, ranging from a low of 125 on Oct. 30 to a high of 170 on Nov. 2.

The turnout each day includes: 163 on Oct. 29, 125 on Oct. 30, 151 on Oct. 31, 149 on Nov. 1, 170 on Nov. 2, 152 on Nov. 3, 147 on Nov. 4, 128 on Nov. 5, and 148 on Nov. 6.

The 5.4 percent was a bigger response than for the primaries in June and August. The turnout for the nine days of early voting in a June primary was 0.9 percent. It was even less in August when only 40 out of 6,059 registered Republicans used early voting over nine days for a Congressional primary.

The polls will be open in each of the 10 towns on Tuesday from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. for today’s election at 11 locations in Orleans County.

Most of the polling sites are at town halls, although Albion votes at Hoag Library and part of Ridgeway uses the Volunteer Fire Company and Carlton uses the Fire Co. Rec Hall.

The polling sites on Tuesday include:

  • Albion – Districts 1 through 6 – Hoag Library, 134 South Main St.
  • Barre – Districts 1 and 2 – Town Hall, 14317 West Barre Rd.
  • Carlton – Districts 1 through 3 – Carlton Fire Co. Rec Hall, 1853 Oak Orchard Rd.
  • Clarendon – Districts 1 through 3 – Town Hall, 16385 Church St.
  • Gaines – Districts 1 through 4 – Town Hall, 14087 Ridge Rd.
  • Kendall – Districts 1 through 3 – Town Hall, 1873 Kendall Rd.
  • Murray – Districts 1 through 6 – Murray Town Hall, 3840 Fancher Rd. (Route 31)
  • Ridgeway – Districts 1, 3, 6, 7 – Ridgeway Volunteer Fire Company, 11392 Ridge Rd.
  • Ridgeway – Districts 2, 4, 5 – Town Hall, 410 West Ave.
  • Shelby – Districts 1 through 4 – Town Hall, 4062 Salt Works Rd.
  • Yates – Districts 1 and 2 – Town Hall, 8 South Main St.