More Than 73% of Arkansas Voters Turned Out for Election Day
By: KARK News, Little Rock
Updated: November 7, 2012
Arkansas voter turnout Tuesday night is running at more than 73% and the counting is not over yet.
Numbers are still coming in from the Secretary of State's Office, but with 81.33-percent of county returns in, here are the numbers: 1,188,125 ballots have been counted out of 1,618,320 registered voters.
Checking the county returns, turnout appears to have been highest in Union County, where 90 to 100-percent of voters cast their ballots. Another 21 counties had voter turnout rates of 70 to 80-percent.
Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Jackson, Phillips, Scott, St. Francis, and White counties
60 to 70-percent:
Arkansas, Benton, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleburne, Cross, Dallas, Desha, Drew, Faulkner, Fulton, Garland, Greene, Hempstead, Hot Spring, Howard, Independence, Jefferson, Johnson, Lafayette, Lawrence, Lincoln, Logan, Lonoke, Mississippi, Montgomery, Nevada, Ouachita, Perry, Pike, Poinsett, Pope, Pulaski, Randolph, Searcy, Sebastian, Sevier, Sharp, Washington, Woodruff, and Yell counties
70 to 80-percent:
Ashley, Baxter, Boone, Bradley, Carroll, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia, Conway, Franklin, Grant, Izard, Little River, Madison, Miller, Monroe, Polk, Prairie, Saline, Stone, and Van Buren counties
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Numbers are still coming in from the Secretary of State's Office, but with 81.33-percent of county returns in, here are the numbers: 1,188,125 ballots have been counted out of 1,618,320 registered voters.
Checking the county returns, turnout appears to have been highest in Union County, where 90 to 100-percent of voters cast their ballots. Another 21 counties had voter turnout rates of 70 to 80-percent.
Voter turnout rate breakdown
50 to 60-percent:40 to 50-percent:
Newton County
Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Jackson, Phillips, Scott, St. Francis, and White counties
60 to 70-percent:
Arkansas, Benton, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleburne, Cross, Dallas, Desha, Drew, Faulkner, Fulton, Garland, Greene, Hempstead, Hot Spring, Howard, Independence, Jefferson, Johnson, Lafayette, Lawrence, Lincoln, Logan, Lonoke, Mississippi, Montgomery, Nevada, Ouachita, Perry, Pike, Poinsett, Pope, Pulaski, Randolph, Searcy, Sebastian, Sevier, Sharp, Washington, Woodruff, and Yell counties
70 to 80-percent:
Ashley, Baxter, Boone, Bradley, Carroll, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia, Conway, Franklin, Grant, Izard, Little River, Madison, Miller, Monroe, Polk, Prairie, Saline, Stone, and Van Buren counties
Click here for complete information on the counties map.
