Elections: Primary Voting Starts Tuesday Morning

With the state spending millions of dollars on early voting according to the Baltimore Sun, Prince George's County had just under three percent of eligible voters turned out for early voting last week.

According to the state board of elections, 14,541 voters cast their ballot early this year, out of the 498,718 eligible voters in the county.  The most voters came out to the Bowie Library – 4,350 people and the least came out at the College Park Community Center – 1,635 people.

According to Donna Duncan with the board of elections Montgomery County had the most voter turnout in the state followed by Prince George's County.

Duncan said State Election Administrator Linda Lamone estimated 25 percent of the eligible voters in the state would vote in the primary.

In 2006, 29.6 percent of eligible voters cast ballots in the primary, she said, and in 2002, 20.7 percent voted.

"We didn't anticipate the turnout that we got, so we're pretty pleased," said Daneen Banks, deputy administrator of the Prince George's County Board of Elections. 

Primary voting will begin at various polling places throughout the county starting Tuesday morning at 7 a.m. Polls will stay open until 8 p.m. Stay tuned with Patch for election coverage on local races.