Posted on 12/02/2008 3:21:13 PM PST by MplsSteve
Voter turnout for today’s runoff elections is steady but light, election officials report.
Cobb County checked voting levels at 30 key precincts and by 10 a.m., 5,555 people had gone to the polls. The county tracks voting at 30 of its 175 precincts.
Local and state results U.S. Senate Georgia Public Service Commission Georgia Court of Appeals Carroll County Clayton County DeKalb County Douglas County Fulton County Gwinnett County Cobb had 23,345 ballots cast absentee or in early voting, according to county spokesman Robert Quigley.
At stake are three statewide offices and a number of local races in Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton and Gwinnett.
The highest profile race is the runoff between incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss and Democrat challenger Jim Martin. Voters are electing a new member of the Georgia Public Service Commission choosing between candidates Lauren W. McDonald Jr., a Republican, and Democrat Jim Powell.
The third runoff is for the nonpartisan Georgia Court of Appeals between candidates Sara Doyle and Mike Sheffield.
Between 150 and 200 people had voted at most of Fulton County’s 363 precincts by 10 a.m., said Mark Henderson, county coordinator of voter education and outreach.
The hot spot was St. James United Methodist Church on Peachtree Dunwoody Road in north Atlanta where 350 people had voted by 10 a.m., he said.
In Fulton, there were 23,002 advance voters.
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Any kind of high turnout in Fulton County (except the northern part) and Cobb County is bad because it could mean voters are showing up for Jim Martin.
Comments or opinions - anyone?
How was the early voting turnout?
I voted in Fulton County.
I am afraid Martin may win. I went today and the line was very light. In my area it is <30% black, but half the people in line were black. Tonight, my wife just called and said the line was long and mostly black.
Am I being stereotypical and bigotted, if I say, I know they are voting for Martin?
Okay, so how does this work? Does the person with the most votes today, win? Or will there be another vote?
Whoever has over 50% wins.
I am afraid that somehow Obama and his gang have motivated more voters again. The dumbies don’t have a clue the damage they are doing to their futures.
I’m sure the DNC is trolling through town and helpfully escorting the “right type of voter” to the polls today.
According to the poll workers where I vote, it was steady there all day.
Most people I know voted early so a light turnout today doesn’t say much about the overall voting. You are right about Fulton county, the lighter there the better, but if Fulton was as important as they say Georgia wouldn’t have so many Republican officeholders in the first place.
intrade: 96.1 for Saxby
Don’t worry. just vote
Chambliss is a back stabbing pro open borders/toal amnesty POS but Reoublicans need the numbers now. If elected you can count on him doing a McCain on conservatives
Any idea when the polls close?
No. Cobb is solid GOP. High turnout there is good for Chambliss.
True, but he is better than Isakson and worlds better than the crook Martin.
You described him to a 'T', but like you, I don't want the dims to get another seat in the Senate. Besides, I think Martin could be worse.
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