Thursday, November 04, 2010

Voter Turnout Boosted In Metro Atlanta

By Jeremy Redmon
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Goergia Politics
November 4, 2010

Greater percentages of voters cast ballots in Cherokee, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton and Gwinnett counties Tuesday compared with the 2006 general election, which also included a race for the Governor's Mansion.

Atlanta-area election officials said they witnessed steady streams of voters turning out at the polls Tuesday. In Gwinnett County, which went for Republican John McCain for president in the 2008 election, voter turnout reached 52 percent Tuesday, compared with 48 percent in 2006.

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