In the first five days of early voting, 177 Oconee County voters have cast a ballot for the Nov. 2 election that has a Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax up for approval.
In the first five days of early voting for the Education Local Option Sales Tax in March, 244 persons had cast a ballot.
The 177 votes cast last week represents less than a percent of the 32,066 eligible to cast a ballot.
The 244 votes case in February represented a slightly larger percentage of the 31,965 eligible voters in that election.
