Be sure to stay connect with TribTown on Election Day.

We’ll report online about what’s going on with Tuesday’s primary and school board elections throughout the morning, day and evening into the night, if ncessary.

Carolyn Hurt, Jackson County Clerk Sarah’s Benter deput over the Voter Registration Office, said early today that poll sites and poll workers will be ready to open the doors at 6 a.m. Tuesday. It’s a long day, that could be even longer this time if turnout is higher.

Carolyn expects a good turnout of the county’s 29,000-plus eligible voters. That’s based on her observation that absentee ballots were up by about 50 percent going into the final few hours of absentee balloting.

Absentee boards in Brownstown and Seymour closed at noon today.

Reporters Zach Spicer, Jill Treadway, January Wetzel and Aubrey Woods will stop in at several polls Tuesday morning. We’ll report on the early morning turnout online and incorporate those findings into a story that will be published Tuesday in The Tribune.

Throughout the day will update the online Election Day posting as news warrants.

Then we’ll start posting results as they come in the clerk’s office, although we can’t assure that we’ll receive periodic results as we always used to.

Thanks to technology, we’ve seen delays in the periodic reporting, but also thanks to technology, final results are generally out much, much quicker than in the past.

We’ll not dwell on the election two years ago, however, when computer glitches delayed final tallies until the next morning.

At any rate, stay connected to TribTown. We’ll keep you updated and report on the results as soon as we can.

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