NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Reno County is seeing strong numbers in early voting. Over 4500 residents have voted as of Friday morning, Oct. 25.
"We've got 43,317 registered voters," said Reno County Deputy Elections Clerk Jenna Fager. "Over 10% have already voted."
Early voting in 2022 had around 5200 participants total, so this looks to be much more than it was two years ago.
"If we go at the rate that we've been going, today, I'm thinking we should at least match the total amount of voters that early voted in 2022," Fager said.
This is with several events still to come in addition to the regular advance voting at the Reno County Annex at 125 West First Ave. That continues until 5 p.m. on Friday, and is available again Monday through Friday next week and Monday morning before election day.
"Tuesday, Oct. 29, we'll also have a satellite board at HutchCC at Stringer Fine Arts," Fager said.
In addition, Saturday, Nov. 2, the Annex will be open for early voting from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.