A rush of Advance In Person voting on Friday in Oconee County brought the total number of votes cast at the end of early voting for the Nov. 3 election to 16,401--up by 445 from the number cast at this point four years ago.
With a decline in Absentee By Mail voting and an increase in the number of registered voters in the county, the turnout percentage at this point is lower at 47.4 than the 48.6 percent who had cast a ballot at the end of early voting four years ago.
