Majority of people voted by mail in Palm Beach County primary

Tuesday's primary vote in Palm Beach County showed a high number of people voting by mail and absentee ballot.

TONIGHT'S PRIMARY VOTE SEEMEDTO SHOW A NEW PREFERENCE FORVOTERS IN JUST HOW THEY CASTTHEIR VOTES.

WPTV NEWSCHANNEL5'S MATT SCZESNY HAS MORE ONTHE VOTE COUNTING TONIGHT INPALM BEACH COUNTY - AND THEPOTENTIAL TAKEAWAYS LOOKINAHEAD TO NOVEMBER.<< THERE WERE A LOT OF COVID19PRECAUTIONS IN HERE TODAY &BUT THE WORKERS AND THE VOTECOUNTING MACHINES APPEARED TOBE WORKING WITHOUT ANYPROBLEMSÃABOUT 100POLLWORKERS DID NOT COME IN &BUT THERE WERE PLENTY OF EXTRAPOLLWORKERSÃTHE BULK OF THEBALLOTS IN THIS PRIMARY WERECLEARLY FROM MAIL IN BALLOTS &MANY VOTERS CHOOSING TO DROPTHE BALLOTS OFF THEMSELVES &ESPECIALLY TODAYÃTHESUPERVISOR SAYS THERE WERE NOISSUES WITH THE POST OFFICE ONDELIVERING BALLOTSÃTHERWERE SEVERAL DELIVERIES TODAYÃTHE LAST COLLECTION OF MAILIN BALLOTS DROPPED OFF INBOXES AT ELECTION OFFICESNUMBERED 4 THOUSANDÃTURNOUTIS EXPECTED TO BE CLOSE TO 25PERCENTÃBUT WEMAJORITY OF VOTERSÃ180THOUSANDÃCAST THEIR VOTE BYMAIL IN BALLOT.

205048 WENDYSARTORY LINK - PALM BEACHCOUNTY ELECTIONS SUPERVISOR“WE WANTED PEOPLE TO KNOW IFYOUR NERVOUS AND NOT FEELINGCOMFORTABLE THIS IS A WAY TOBE SAFE AND WE DO HAVE A LOTOF PEOPLE THAT WE KNOWREQUESTED A VOTE BY MAILBALLOT AND THEN STILL WENT ANDVOTED IN THE POLLS BECAUSE ITWAS THEIR SAFETY BACKUP SO WEDO KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF THATBUT A LOT OF PEOPLE OBVIOUSLYSENT IT IN” ALL OF THIS HASMANY THINKING ABOUT THEPRESIDNETIAL ELECTION INNOVEMBERÃVOTER TURNOUT ISEXPECTED TO BE MUCH HIGHER &WITH A LARGE MAJORITY OFVOTERS CHHOSING TO VOTE BYMAIL IN BALLOT.

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