In the June 2 primary election, Washington County voters cast 3,126 ballots.
Of those, 2,613 were absentee ballots, a whopping 83.6% of the total.
The remaining 513 votes were cast in person at …
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In the June 2 primary election, Washington County voters cast 3,126 ballots.
Of those, 2,613 were absentee ballots, a whopping 83.6% of the total.
The remaining 513 votes were cast in person at four polling places throughout the county: Riverside, West Chester, Washington High School and the county courthouse.
The number of polling places was reduced from 10 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
County Auditor Dan Widmer said that the large number of absentee ballots was due to Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate’s efforts to encourage absentee voting by mailing ballot requests to every registered voter in the state.
Widmer compared the number of absentee ballots to absentee ballots cast in the last two general elections, where about 5,000 absentee ballots were cast in each one.
Turnout for the June 2 primary was 20.56%, with 51.7% (1,616 votes) voting in the Republican Primary and 48.3% (1,510 votes) in the Democratic Primary.
