With the governor’s office and other state posts up for contention, turnout is expected to be heavy as early voting gets under way today for the November General Election. Wharton County has 25,895 registered voters, according to the Wharton County Office of Elections Administration. During the 2018 mid-term election, 12,995 Wharton County voters cast ballots while in 2014 a total of 8,529 were marked. In this year’s primary, 4,734. About half of the 512 mail-in ballots sent out have already been returned with the deadline being received inside the elections office by no later than Nov. 8th with an Election Day postmark.
The county is anticipating poll
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