More than 4,500 cast ballots in early voting, a new high in Orleans County
Photo by Tom Rivers: A sign directs early voters down the hallway at the Board of Elections where there were two rooms to fill out ballots.
ALBION – Orleans County already has had more than 4,500 ballots cast through nine days of early voting.
The 4,539 votes cast topped the previous high of 3,753 during the 2020 presidential election. The 4,539 votes represents 18 percent of the eligible voters in the county, said Mike Mele, the Republican election inspector.
Every day was busy at the Board of Elections office in Albion for early voting, with an average of just over 500 voters a day. Each day of early voting, the polls were open eight hours, and averaged about a voter per minute over the nine days.
The nine-day totals include:
- Oct. 26 – 647
- Oct. 27 – 410
- Oct. 28 – 563
- Oct. 29 – 608
- Oct. 30 – 487
- Oct. 31 – 416
- Nov. 1 – 486
- Nov. 2 – 452
- Nov. 3 – 470
- Total – 4,539
Polling locations will be open in all 10 towns on Tuesday for the general election with voting from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.
