City/school elections attract low, but ‘normal’ voter turnout

By KARI BLURTON
Hays Post

voters — Voters cast their ballots Tuesday at American Legion in Hays

By noon Tuesday, Ellis County Clerk and Election Officer Donna Maskus was concerned with voter turnout reported at only 6 percent for the city-school elections. Maskus said she felt much better when she heard activity started to pick up in the late afternoon.

The final number of ballots cast was 3, 379, or 19.24 percent voter turnout.

Maskus said though the low number is normal for the local elections.

“Our history there is around 20 percent. Our city and school, we just do not get people out like the bigger elections,” she said. “Of course, everything is unofficial until we canvass. We do have 20 provisional votes, and those are people who moved or changed their name, so we will review those and see if they merit to count or not to count.”

The votes will be canvassed by the Ellis County Commission on April 13.