MONROE - Nearly 20,000 Green County residents cast their votes Tuesday for national and state elections.
Green County Clerk Mike Doyle said 19,115 voters throughout the county voted on Election Day, representing 67 percent of the county's eligible voters.
Monroe saw nearly 4,970 Monroe residents, counting early voters, casting their votes by the time polls closed at 8 p.m.
"That's right about average," said City Clerk Carol Stamm. "It's normal turnout for a presidential election."
Stamm said 1,535 residents had cast votes during the state's early voting period from Oct. 24 to Nov. 4.
The voter turnout accounted for 85 percent of the city's 5,834 registered voters.
"Of course, we had a lot of new registrations today, too," Stamm said, although she added that many of the new registrations were only address changes, not first-time voters.
Stamm said there had been "a ton" of registrations on Election Day, more than she could reliably count.
The consensus among Monroe voters seemed to be one of relief.
"Just glad it's over," voter Harvey Goepfert said. "There's been too much mail, too much TV ads. They're all sickening. They don't talk about the issues. It's all a bunch of high-school, grade-school crap."
"I just want it over with," voter Terri Munz agreed
Meanwhile, poll workers had the opposite opinion.
"I'm excited," said Eunice Bergum, a poll worker in South Wayne. "I hope it really gets busy. It gets boring sitting doing nothing."
Green County Clerk Mike Doyle said 19,115 voters throughout the county voted on Election Day, representing 67 percent of the county's eligible voters.
Monroe saw nearly 4,970 Monroe residents, counting early voters, casting their votes by the time polls closed at 8 p.m.
"That's right about average," said City Clerk Carol Stamm. "It's normal turnout for a presidential election."
Stamm said 1,535 residents had cast votes during the state's early voting period from Oct. 24 to Nov. 4.
The voter turnout accounted for 85 percent of the city's 5,834 registered voters.
"Of course, we had a lot of new registrations today, too," Stamm said, although she added that many of the new registrations were only address changes, not first-time voters.
Stamm said there had been "a ton" of registrations on Election Day, more than she could reliably count.
The consensus among Monroe voters seemed to be one of relief.
"Just glad it's over," voter Harvey Goepfert said. "There's been too much mail, too much TV ads. They're all sickening. They don't talk about the issues. It's all a bunch of high-school, grade-school crap."
"I just want it over with," voter Terri Munz agreed
Meanwhile, poll workers had the opposite opinion.
"I'm excited," said Eunice Bergum, a poll worker in South Wayne. "I hope it really gets busy. It gets boring sitting doing nothing."