Turnout tepid in Lamar

At 2:15 p.m. Tuesday, elections supervisor Anita Reid reported tepid turnout at polling places around the county in today’s General/Non-Partisan Primary. Milner had the highest number of voters with 257. Redbone had the lowest with 60. Only 784 total ballots had been cast with less than five hours to go before closing time.The turnout mimicked early voting numbers. Only 558 early ballots were cast – 379 Republican and 178 Democrat. An additional 51 absentee ballots were cast.Monitor realtime elections returns tonight here at barnesville.com.