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More than 6,000 cast early primary ballots in Hall County
Voting totals indicate high interest in Tuesdays presidential contests
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Elections clerk Toby Cato makes sure Betty Parker is in the voter registration system Friday during early voting at the Hall County Government Center. Each voter was required to fill out a voter certificate and be checked to make sure they are in the voter registration system before they were allowed to vote in Georgia’s presidential primary. - photo by Erin O. Smith
If early voting is a gauge, the presidential primary vote Tuesday will generate a lot of interest — more so than in 2008, the last time both parties had competitive elections. Charlotte Sosebee, chief registrar and director of elections, was excited about the heavy vote totals Friday. “I love it,” she declared about 3 p.m. when more than 1,000 people had voted.