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WHEELING - Early voting in West Virginia concluded Saturday with local counties report strong turnout numbers so far for the upcoming general election, which takes place on Tuesday.
After 10 days of early voting, Ohio County had 3,374 early ballots cast, according to coordinator of elections Erin Allietta.
"I was hoping for a good turnout," she said. "I'm happy with that number. We only had 1,184 early vote in the primary election."
Ohio County has 27,418 registered voters. In Marshall County, there are 19,926.
Marshall County early votes totaled 2,567, reported Toni Chieffalo, elections clerk.
Chieffalo was both pleased and surprised by the number.
"I think people are really interested in the election this time. It could be the (Marshall County) schools levy, that is bringing them out," she said.
Brooke County Clerk Kimberly Barbetta reported 1,389 have voted so far in the county. There are 15,159 registered voters in Brooke County.
"It is more than I expected," Barbetta said. "That's about 9% of our registered voters, and I think that's pretty good."
Hancock County has 18,945 residents eligible to vote. By the end of the day on Saturday, 1,646 had cast early ballots, according to Barb Ross. That compares to a 705 early voting figure for the primary election, she added.
Early voting numbers for Wetzel and Tyler counties were not available over the weekend.