When Hall County Elections Director Charlotte Sosebee first started analyzing the numbers for the SEC Primary, she predicted big numbers of voters would cast ballots. Her prediction of a 47-percent turnout came up a bit short, though. At the end of the Tuesday vote, unofficial numbers showed 50.53-percent of Hall County's registered voters had cast ballots in the 2016 presidential primaries.
"I knew that we would go a little higher than some of the past elections, but I certainly didn't expect it to be this high," said Sosebee.
Hall County voters did as most other Georgians, selecting Donald Trump as their top Republican candidate and Hillary Clinton as their top Democrat.
In Hall County, Trump picked up 38.49-percent of the GOP vote, with Ted Cruz garnering 27.84-percent for second place. Clinton grabbed a commanding 60.27-percent of Hall County's Democrat ballots.
Sosebee said a number of provisional ballots were cast Tuesday, so it will be a few days before results will be certified.
You can see complete and unofficial returns at the Hall County Elections web page on the county website.
Sosebee acknowledged that there's still some education that needs to take place among Hall County voters. She said elections employees had to redirect about 300 voters who came to the Elections Office on Browns Bridge Road, thinking they could cast ballots there because they had voted early at the office in past elections. She said employees were able to point all of those voters to their correct precincts to cast ballots.
Sosebee also said there will be a number of provisional ballots to count before the election can be certified.
