There were 44,547 residents to vote
during the 10-day period that wrapped up Saturday, a record for an off-year
primary election.
“These numbers prove that even with
a shortened early voting period, this option continues to be very convenient
for West Virginians ,” Tennant said. “We have
seen the number of people taking advantage of early voting increase from just
14,000 in 2002 to more than 44,000 this year. Hopefully we see this trend
continue into Election Day with a high voter turnout.”
There were 40,557 early voters in the 2010 early voting primary
election period.
