Early voting is a bust in Hillsborough, off by a half
August 14, 2008 at 2:12 pm by Wayne GarciaI was just looking at the daily stats on early voting from the Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Office and it appears that the shine has worn off of early voting.
In t
he first three days of early balloting in 2006, 5,491 people voted in Hillsborough. This year, the figure is 2,818. That is a drop of precisely 51.3 percent.
I’ve got a call in to the Supervisor’s office to see if they know why — beyond the fact that there aren’t many exciting races or fantastic candidates to vote for on this primary ballot.
UPDATE: Pinellas is low, as well. Just 386 early votes there so far.
FRIDAY UPDATE: Jennifer Marks at the Supervisor of Elections Office left me a voice mail just now, and she said a more accurate comparison would be the 2004 election, and that early voting totals are up over that year.
