Turnout for the Nov. 3 presidential election has continued to build on the all-time record for most votes cast in an election in Bartholomew County.
As of 4:10 p.m., 35,334 voters had cast ballots, or roughly 66% of registered voters, said Bartholomew County Clerk Jay Phelps. The previous record was set in 2016, when 33,198 voted.
Here is where each vote center stood with turnout as of around 4 p.m.:
Clifford Fire Station – 343
Donner Center – 821
Elizabethtown Fire Station – 741
Fair Oaks Mall – 1,188
Flintwood Wesleyan Church – 671
German Township Fire Station – 692
Hope Moravian Church – 694
Ogilville United Methodist Church – 604
Rivers of Living Water – 286
St. John’s Masonic Lodge – 644
Terrace Lake Church – 714
Westside Community Church – 367
Total Election Day votes as of 2:00 p.m. – 7,765
Absentee by Mail votes – 6,726
Total Absentee in-person votes – 20,843
Total votes as of 4:10 p.m. – 35,334 (66% turnout)
Turnout for the Nov. 3 presidential election set an all-time record for most votes cast in an election in Bartholomew County, with four hours still left before the polls close.
As of 2 p.m., a total of 33,856 people, or roughly 63% of all registered voters in the county, had cast ballots, surpassing the previous record of 33,198, which was set in 2016, said Bartholomew County Clerk Jay Phelps.
Here is where each vote center stood with turnout as of 2 p.m.:
Clifford Fire Station – 280
Donner Center – 651
Elizabethtown Fire Station – 620
Fair Oaks Mall – 932
Flintwood Wesleyan Church – 546
German Township Fire Station – 558
Hope Moravian Church – 569
Ogilville United Methodist Church – 513
Rivers of Living Water – 230
St. John’s Masonic Lodge – 560
Terrace Lake Church – 566
Westside Community Church – 313
Total Election Day votes as of 2:00 p.m. – 6,338
Absentee by Mail votes – 6,675
Total Absentee in-person votes – 20,843
Total votes as of 2 p.m. – 33,856 (63% turnout)
As of 2:15 p.m., Bartholomew County election officials had counted 6,675 absentee-by-mail ballots cast for the Nov. 3 presidential election, and have just 42 absentee-by-mail ballots left to count.
The 42 ballots were dropped off in person at the Bartholomew County Courthouse by the noon deadline today, said Bartholomew County Clerk Jay Phelps.
“The absentee board is bundling them up and we’ll get ready to count those, but all the rest of the 6,675 have all been counted and so we’re in great shape,” Phelps said.
Once the 42 ballots are counted, local election officials will start counting the 20,843 votes cast early in-person at FairOaks Mall.
helps said he still anticipates releasing early voting results between 6:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
