Voter turnout in North Alabama

Voter turnout in North Alabama

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Voters across north alabama traveled to the polls to let their voices be heard -- despite coronavirus.

Waay31's megan reyna joins us live in huntsville to see how this pandemic affected voter turnout?

The voter turnout for today's election was expected to be low -- mainly because of this pandemic.

In fact more than 43- thousand people in alabama requested absentee ballots ahead of today's election to avoid having to vote in-person.

The secretary of state told me he expected the voter turnout statewide to be 10 to 15 percent today.

We don't have the total percentage tonight state- wide.

But in madison county -- that rate was 13 percent.... with 40 thousand voters turning out to the polls.

Morgan county -- saw a lot higher percentage at 19 .

In sand mountain -- jackson county to be specific -- turnout was about 17 percent tonight.

And in the shoals -- in lauderdale county -- more than 12-thousand voters cast a ballot.

That's about 18 percent.

It seems aside from madison county -- the voter turnout was higher than what the secretary of state predicted.

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