About 24 percent of Centre County voters show up to polls

Snow flurries couldn’t keep the determined voters of Centre County away from the polls Tuesday.

In the county’s 91 precincts, 26,469 ballots were cast at the polls — a voter turnout of 24.54 percent, according to data from the Centre County elections office.

As of Oct. 31, Centre County had 107,847 registered voters. Of those, 44,383 are Democrats, 43,346 are Republicans and 13,794 have no affiliation, according to the elections office.

In the 2015 municipal election, 29,199 ballots were cast — a voter turnout of 27.22 percent. In the 2013 election, 19,245 ballots were cast — a voter turnout of 17.92 percent, according to election office data.

In May’s primary election, the voter turnout in the county was 22.43 percent with 19,682 ballots cast.

By 2:45 p.m., 56 voters had visited the State College Municipal Building polling place, which serves the 29th Precinct, said Sharon Gaddes, judge of elections.

The precinct has 1,830 registered voters.

“It’s a very slow election,” she said.

But, she said, the low voter turnout is on track with other municipal general elections.

In total, 116 ballots were cast in the 29th Precinct — a turnout of 6.34 percent.

Election results remain unofficial until certified by the Board of Elections.

This story was originally published November 8, 2017 at 12:26 AM with the headline "About 24 percent of Centre County voters show up to polls."