MORE THAN 1800 SHOW UP ON OPENING DAY
Platte Countians have embraced the idea of early voting.
On the first day of no excuse absentee voting, a whopping 1835 Platte County voters took advantage. Directors at the Platte County Board of Elections told The Landmark that total is well above what election officials had expected.
“We (election board staff) like to each take a guess on big days like this. I had the high guess of 700. Wow!” said Chris Hershey, a director at the Platte County Board of Elections.
Numerous parked cars lined the street near the board of elections office throughout the day on Tuesday. Voters told The Landmark that although there was a line, the voting process moved quickly and there were no problems encountered.
“So easy,” one older female voter said as she walked away after casting her ballot mid-afternoon on Tuesday.
Hershey said in the four week period of absentee voting that preceded the opening of no excuse voting, there were 1534 absentee ballots cast. The early voting process rolled well past that number on the first day alone.
If you’re interested in voting early, there’s still plenty of time to get it done.
Early voting at the board of elections office is available between 8-5 Monday through Friday, as well as till 7 p.m. on Oct. 30, and from 8 a.m. to 12 noon on Saturday, Oct. 26 and Saturday, Nov. 2. Deadline for early voting is 5 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 4.
The board of elections is located at 2600 NW Prairie View Road in Platte City.
