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Voter turnout light but steady in Hall County
Polls open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. today in state primary
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Terry Valz, poll manager at the Glade precinct at the East Hall Community Center, stacks voting machines Monday for charging in preparation for today’s primary. - photo by Tom Reed
Polls are open until 7 p.m. today for a primary election that includes a host of hotly contested local races along with a vote on a regional transportation sales tax and for a representative in the newly drawn 9th District in the U.S. House. Almost 5,000 Hall County voters cast their ballots in the first three hours the polls were open this morning. According to Charlotte Sosebee, Hall County’s election director, 4,895 voters hit the polls from 7 to 10 a.m. today.The next count is at 3 p.m. “We’re not as busy as I thought we’d be,” said Sosebee.