(Photo by Jennifer P. Brown)
Preliminary election results show 27 percent of Christian County’s eligible voters cast a ballot in Tuesday’s general election.
That’s a greater turnout than officials in the county clerk’s office had expected, but local interest in the school nickel tax could have been a factor in the number of people who went to the polls.
The day before the election, Deputy County Clerk Melinda Humphries said she was expecting voter turnout turnout of 15 to 20 percent.
According to the county clerk’s numbers, 14,393 of the county’s 53,051 registered voters cast a ballot in Tuesday election.
On the nickel tax, the vote was 9,301 against and 4,651 in favor.
Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. Brown was a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era, where she worked for 30 years. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board past president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition. She serves on the Hopkinsville History Foundation's board.
