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1,006 early ballots cast in city election
Submitted by jaydub on 11/02/2009 - 19:38
Early voting in Durham's city election closed Saturday with 1,006 citizens having cast ballots.
That's 112 more than the 894 who voted early in the Oct. 6 primary. The primary set a record low for voter turnout, 4.36 percent according to the Board of Elections' official count.
Precincts open at 6:30 tomorrow morning and remain open for voting until 7:30 p.m.
The mayor's chair and three City Council seats are on the ballot.
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Jim Wise is a Durham News/N&O reporter and columnist who follows city and county government land-use and neighborhood issues. He's author of "Durham: A Bull City Story" and "Durham Tales: The Morris Street Maple, the Plastic Cow, the Durham Day That Was and More ... "
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