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ElectionsThursday, October 29

Sedgwick County sets a midterm record for early in-person voting

The Daily Wichita teamFrom Thursday’s edition · 1 min read · 2 sources

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If you haven't voted yet, Election Day is Tue., Nov. 3, and Sedgwick County is already seeing a record high for a midterm: 34,000 ballots cast in person by 6 p.m. Tuesday. At the Derby Public Library, one of 17 satellite locations, the line stretched into the library at various times Tuesday afternoon.

34,000ballots cast in person in Sedgwick County by 6 p.m. Tuesday

That's a record high for a midterm election in the county, KNSS reports.

Source: KNSS

If you have a mail-in ballot, Sedgwick County Election Commissioner Laura Rainwater says to turn it in as soon as possible. As of Wednesday morning, nearly 12,000 of about 22,000 mail-in ballots had come back in the county. Statewide, nearly 60,000 of more than 106,000 had been returned.

Mail-in ballots are coming back in Sedgwick County and across Kansas

12,000Returned (nearly)60,000
22,000Sent out (county about, state more than)106K

Source: KWCH

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Sources: KNSS, KWCH

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