About 18 percent of registered McHenry County voters made their way to local polling places Tuesday.
The general primary election turnout was “poor,” McHenry County Clerk Katherine Schultz said.
“It’s about what I was expecting,” she added.
The local turnout during primary elections varies but usually ranges from mid-to-upper 20 percent.
Tuesday’s voter turnout was 17.97 percent with 36,057 ballots cast, including early voting and absentee ballots.
Only late absentee ballots had yet to be counted.
Schultz said the early primary date might have affected the number of residents who voted.
“So many of your senior citizens are gone for the winter,” she said.
“Unless they’re following things back home, there’s probably quite a few of them that don’t realize there’s an election.”
By AMBER KROSEL – [email protected]
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