Election Day has gone about as smoothly as it can for Christian County, and if you haven’t cast your ballot yet, then you only have a short time left to make your voice heard.
And voting looks to have stayed strong throughout the day in Christian County, with County Clerk Melinda Humphries saying most locations stayed busy, with some sporting lengthy lines. Humphries says aside from the usual early morning hiccups and a little longer printing times, so far, things have been running smoothly.
She says if you pull up to a polling place and see lines, don’t get to discouraged—if you don’t want to wait there, there are 13 voting locations across the county today and if you’re in line at 6 p.m., you’ll still be allowed to vote.
After the polls close at 6 p.m. and the last voter votes, the Clerk’s Office will begin tabulating the numbers, and Humphries says they’ll post all the results at once on their Facebook page and website.
Those locations include the Bruce Convention Center, Walnut Street Center, Senior Citizens Center, the County Courthouse, Indian Hills Elementary School, Sinking Fork Baptist Church, Pembroke Baptist Church, the Crofton Tornado Building, New Palestine Baptist Church, New Barren Springs Baptist Church, South Christian Elementary School, the Oak Grove Community Center and Inspire Early Learning Academy.
In Todd County, those voting locations are North Todd Elementary School, the Todd County Courthouse, Todd County Middle School, the Sharon Grove Fire Department, Clifty Fire Department, Todd County High School, the Trenton Fire Department, Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, the Guthrie Fire Department and the Allegre Volunteer Fire Department.
In Trigg County, the locations are the Emergency Operations Center, The Way, the Trigg County Recreation Complex, South Road Fire Department, East Golden Pond Fire Department, the Trigg-Lyon Fire Department and Cerulean Baptist Church.
Humphries says she’s feeling hopeful that voting turnout will be way up during this election, saying early voting was a good indicator it might be. And she says she’s proud of the citizens for getting out to vote and the election workers that have done the hard work.
Also—if you still have your mail-in absentee ballot, make sure you get that turned in to the Christian County Clerk’s Office by 6 p.m. today to have it counted.
We’ll have election coverage updates starting at 6 p.m. on the WHOP Family of Stations, so stay tuned as Election Day continues.