CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Early voting isn’t setting any high turnout records in Kanawha County more than a third of the way through the 10-day period.
As of Friday evening, only 1,676 registered voters had cast ballots in Kanawha County, which is just a little more than 500 voters a day in the first three days.
“That’s all—it’s been very slow all over,” longtime Kanawha County Clerk Vera McCormick said. “I thought It would slower than usual but not this slow.”
Going into Saturday, 713 Democrats, 659 Republicans and 247 non-affiliated voters had voted in Kanawha County.
The county is expected to be a key one in several races on May 14 including the race for the GOP nomination for governor.
Kanawha County set an early voting record in the November 2020 General Election when a total of 22,535 in-person votes were cast. Nearly 2,500 ballots were cast on Oct. 31, 2020 alone.