Only 10-percent go to the polls Tuesday

By Staff
Melissa Cason, Franklin County Times
While the voter turnout in Franklin County was less than 10 percent, the election was necessary for the good of the state according to Franklin County Probate Judge Barry Moore.
Moore said that he does not know why the voter turn out was so low, but that the two state amendments needed to be voted on by the people.
"You [the residents] have to vote on these amendments because they are important amendments," Moore said.
Franklin County has a total of 17,000 active voters, but only 1,636 showed up at the polls Tuesday.
Franklin County was no exception to the rest of the state. Low voter turnout was seen across the state, which is expected in a constitutional amendment election.
Moore said that the figures on how much the election cost the county have not been released, however, he did say that the state will reimburse the county for the cost of the election since it was an amendment election.
Even though state and local election workers anticipated low voter turnout, the same amount of workers had to be at each site as with any other election.
"We [Franklin County] have to have a certain amount of poll workers at each precinct," Moore said.
Franklin County has 25 voting precincts throughout the county.