With a historic 2020 Presidential Election behind them, election officials and others weren t sure what to expect as far as voter turnout for Tuesday s primary.
Municipal primaries generally see the lowest turnout of most elections, but this year s vote might have shattered records with its current 25.5% estimated participation.
About 121,340 of the county s 476,127 registered voters showed up either at polling places or, for the first time in a municipal primary, via the state s no-excuse mail-in ballot option.
It s difficult to guess right now what drove turnout, though election officials and candidates seemed to expect mail-in ballots to be a major contributor.
The county s live election results page on Wednesday afternoon listed in-person, mail-in and absentee ballots as partially reported, though 100% of precincts had reported in since polls closed at 8 Tuesday night.
Motorists are set to contend with increased levels of traffic when a section of the Queensway underpass is closed next week. The southbound carriageway of the busy Southend road will be off limits from April 20 until April 30, excluding the weekend, between 9.30am and 3.30pm. The closure will come into force due to highway inspection works being undertaken on the section of the underpass. Diversions will direct traffic along the sliproad to Porters Grange roundabout before rejoining Queensway at the end of the underpass. Motorists travelling northbound, however, will not be affected. The temporary restrictions come after we reported, yesterday, ambitious £575million plans to regenerate the estate would lead to the Queensway underpass being closed.
Motorists are set to contend with increased levels of traffic when a section of the Queensway underpass is closed next week. The southbound carriageway of the busy Southend road will be off limits from April 20 until April 30, excluding the weekend, between 9.30am and 3.30pm. The closure will come into force due to highway inspection works being undertaken on the section of the underpass. Diversions will direct traffic along the sliproad to Porters Grange roundabout before rejoining Queensway at the end of the underpass. Motorists travelling northbound, however, will not be affected. The temporary restrictions come after we reported, yesterday, ambitious £575million plans to regenerate the estate would lead to the Queensway underpass being closed.
Motorists are set to contend with increased levels of traffic when a section of the Queensway underpass is closed next week. The southbound carriageway of the busy Southend road will be off limits from April 20 until April 30, excluding the weekend, between 9.30am and 3.30pm. The closure will come into force due to highway inspection works being undertaken on the section of the underpass. Diversions will direct traffic along the sliproad to Porters Grange roundabout before rejoining Queensway at the end of the underpass. Motorists travelling northbound, however, will not be affected. The temporary restrictions come after we reported, yesterday, ambitious £575million plans to regenerate the estate would lead to the Queensway underpass being closed.