Turnout In First Week Of Early Voting In Watkinsville On Track With Projection Of Final Turnout of About 30 Percent

***New Voting Machines Demonstrated***

In the first week of Absentee In Person, or early, voting, only 121 of Watkinsville’s 2,209 registered voters have cast a ballot, or 5.5 percent.

Early voting usually picks up some as the election gets closer, but, if it holds to the present pattern, only 363 people will cast a ballot before the Nov. 5 election, or 16.4 percent.