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Last Updated on Monday, 2 June 2008 01:41 Written by rslcpol Monday, 2 June 2008 01:41
From the Times Daily:
Election and political party officials expect a light turnout for Tuesday’s primary election due to few hot statewide races and the presidential primary being moved up four months.
Alabama had 20 percent turnout eight years ago and 17 percent turnout four years ago when the state and presidential primaries were combined. This year, the Legislature moved the presidential primary to February, with a record 40 percent of Alabama’s voters participating.
Secretary of State Beth Chapman, Alabama’s top election official, said she expects 12 percent to 15 percent of Alabama’s 2.6 million voters to turn out Tuesday.
“If you can’t have a presidential candidate on the ballot, it’s going to be slower,” she said.