By Bonnie Culverhouse

With only five hours left for early voting Tuesday, more than 7,300 persons had cast their ballots at Webster Parish Courthouse, Springhill Civic Center and by mail, according to Registrar of Voters Angela Hall.

“From the stats I saw, the first day of early voting was the largest number I’ve seen in any stats before,” Hall said. “But since then, it’s tapered off some, and it doesn’t look like we are going to beat the overall stats of 2020 – the last presidential election.”

Hall said that – as of Monday night – 678 fewer votes have been cast thus far than were cast in the same timeframe of early voting in 2020.

As of 1 p.m. Tuesday, 299 had voted in person in all of Webster Parish.

“We will continue to receive mail-in ballots until November 4 – the day before the election,” she added.

For those who did not vote early or by mail-in ballot, head to your polling place Tuesday, November 5.