A total of 4,333 of Oconee County’s 34,000 eligible voters, or 12.7 percent, had cast a ballot in the June 16 Party Primary Runoffs as of the end of the day on Friday, the final day of Advance In Person voting.
Most of those votes were cast in person, with 4,165 voters casting a ballot at the County Administrative Building north of Watkinsville.
The remainder–168 ballots--were returned Absentee by Mail. The county has issued 284 Absentee By Mail ballots, with 115 outstanding and eligible to be counted.
One of the issued Absentee ballots has been rejected. When voters who had requested a mail ballot vote in person, the issued absentee ballot is cancelled.
Democratic ballots made up 13.6 percent of the ballots cast as of the end of the day on Friday, with Republican ballots making up 86.4 percent.
At the end of early voting in May, 27.8 percent of the votes cast were in the Democratic Primary, 71.3 percent were in the Republican Primary, and 0.9 percent were without a party vote in the Nonpartisan Election.
After 17 days of early voting for the May 19 Party Primaries and Nonpartisan Election, 6,834 Oconee County voters, or 20.1 percent of the 34,013 then eligible voters, had cast a ballot. The difference between May and June voting is a drop of 36.6 percent.
Voting in the runoff will continue from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Election Day, at the county’s four precinct voting locations.
Advance In Person Voting
Advance In Person voting was heavy on Friday, with 1,205 voters casting a ballot, bringing the total Advance In Person voting total to 4,165.
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Voting was heavier each of the five days of Advance In Person Voting this week than it had been in the final five days of Advance In Person Voting for the May 19 election--with the exception of Friday.
On the final Friday of Advance In Person voting for the May 19 election, 1,229 voters cast a ballot at the county Administrative Building.
Republicans cast 1,128 fewer votes in Advance In Person voting for the June 16 runoff than they cast in Advance In Person voting for the May 19 Party Primary.
Democrats cast 1,288 fewer votes in Advance In Person voting for the June 16 runoff than they cast via that mode for the May 19 Party Primary.
A total of 6,640 voters cast a ballot in early voting in the May 19 Party Primary and Nonpartisan Election, or 53.4 percent of the total 12,445 votes cast across all three voting modes for the May 19 election.
Absentee by Mail ballots accounted for 2.0 percent of the votes cast in the May 19 election, with election day voting accounting for 44.7 percent.
It is impossible to know if the shortened early voting period will result in more Election Day voting on Tuesday, or if turnout on Election Day also will be light compared Election Day voting in May.
The official turnout, calculated as number of votes cast divided by the number of Active voters, was 38.7 percent in the May election.
Party Primary Ballots
The Republican Party still has not selected its nominee in the key races for U.S. Senate, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Secretary of State, while the Democratic Party has its nominee for U.S. Senate and for Governor and is seeking its nominee for Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of State.
The Republican Party also has not selected its candidate for Senate District 46, which includes all of Oconee County.
The state Senate District 46 race is between Doug McKillip of Oconee County and Marc McMain of Walton County. Incumbent Bill Cowsert stepped down to run, unsuccessfully, for the party nomination for Attorney General.
The Senate District 46 District includes, in addition to all of Oconee County, parts of Clarke, Walton, Gwinnett, and Barrow counties.
The Republican Ballot lists Mike Collins and Darek Dooley in the U.S. Senate race, Rick Jackson and Burt Jones in the Governor race, Greg Dolezal and John F. Kennedy in the race for Lieutenant Governor, and Tim Fleming and Vernon Jones in the Secretary of State Race.
Republicans also are choosing between Fred “Bubba” Longgrear and incumbent Richard Woods for State School Superintendent and Bobby Mehan and Josh Tolbert for Public Service Commissioner for District 5.
The Democratic Ballot lists Josh McLaurin and Nabilah Parkes for Lieutenant Governor, Dana Barrett and Penny Brown Reynolds for Secretary of State, DeAndre Mathis and Keisha Sean Waites for Insurance Commissioner, and Nikki Porcher and Michelle Michi Sanchez for Labor Commissioner.
Voters who did not vote in the May 19 election can vote in either party primary runoff, as can voters who selected the Nonpartisan Ballot on May 19.
Voters who used the Democratic or Republican Ballots in May must use the same party ballot in the June 16 runoff
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