7:15 Last absentee stats update before polls close; 26870 ballots returned http://www.johnson-county.com/dept_auditor.aspx?id=16018 not counting two a guy just brought in.
6:50 PM: 20,483 voters at 6 PM. That's 23% turnout, not counting all the absentees. Next update: when we close! We've had 378 provisional ballots as of 6 - already more than the 267 total we had in 2010.
6:25 PM: Reminder that polls are open till 9, and if you're in line by nine (see what we did there) you can vote.
4: 34 PM: Running more provisional ballot materials out to precincts.More than double 2010. Again, mostly people with unreturned mailed ballots.
4:25 PM: The Iowa City Cable guys have been here. We'll be ready to go on Channel 5 at 9 PM. Also, check our main website jcauditor.com for detailed results.
3:30 PM: At our 3 PM turnout update we had 12,723, down from 12,974 in 2010. Numbers are down from 2010 in Iowa City and Coralville, but up in Tiffin and WAY up, almost double, in North Liberty.
Our next update is at 6 PM. We won't have a direct 6:00 comparison to 2010, because we used to do our last update at 8 PM.
1:53 PM: Sending more ballots out to about half our precincts, just to be on the safe side. We thought heavy early voting would cut into Election Day, but doesn't look like it has so far. Maybe we won't hit that milestone of more early votes than Election Day votes after all.
12:53 PM: After today's mail we still have 3412 mailed ballots not back. (Some of those folks are among our provisional voters.) We have more coming across the counter. Bring them here, or turn them in unvoted at the polls.
11:40 AM: Our 11 AM call in is done with 7123 voters, up from 6800 in 2010. Turnout almost exactly even in Iowa City, up in North Liberty, and down slightly in Coralville; we think heavy early voting has cut into Coralville. We had three really good satellite days at teh Coralville Library.
We are seeing a lot more provisional ballots: 96 so far today vs. just 36 same time in 2010. Most of those are people who lost or didn't get their mailed ballots. After today we double-check and make sure the mailed ballot didn't get here and get counted, then we consider the provisional ballots Thursday. If the mailed ballot didn't come back, they will likely count.
10:20 AM: Taking a closer look at our 9 AM turnout, we've got several places where turout is running above predictions:
Iowa City 1, 8, 17, 18 and 24
Coralville 3, 6, and 7
North Liberty 2, 4, 6
Big Grove, Cedar, Clear Creek/Tiffin, Hardin, Jefferson East/Shueyville, Newport, Oxford, Solon, and Union.
We'll watch those spots closely at the 11:00 check-in, and send more resources as needed.
10:10 AM: Busy answering questions so slow on the update. 9 AM turnout was 3950, up from 3426 in 2010. We saw increases in Iowa City and North Liberty, while Coralville was about even.
8:50 AM: Getting ready for our first turnout update at 9. Look here. For comparison, look at 2010 turnout. Fair warning: The comparison works well for grand total and for cities, but within cities preccinct lines have changed.
With over 26,000 absentee ballots turned in, we're predicting this will be our first governor year election with more early votes than election day. But prove us wrong and go vote!
7:42 AM: Getting a late start on our notes for the day. We always get lots of calls from our workers early in the morning, but everybody's voting.
We had a busy day at our office yesterday with 693 voters. There' no voting at the office today, you have to go to your polling place. Look it up here (maps) or here (text) or view a list. Polls open 7 AM to 9 PM.
We've dug through our web site pretty deep, but with thousand of pages there may be some references to old polling places. Also, we hear than an old polling place lookup page that we no longer maintain is showing up on Google searches. We
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