Wyoming Secretary of State Ed Murray says voting has gone smoothly across the state during today’s primary election.
Murray said Tuesday that early voting for the primary was actually about 500 votes more than two years ago when the governor and all the top elected officials were on the ballot. He added that the races for U.S. House and some interesting local races in Cheyenne, Casper, and Gillette has turned out voters in those areas. But interest has been much lower in counties with few contested races.
“I hope we beat the 2014 primary election total which was only 27 percent and that’s nothing that I’m particularly proud to beep, but I think we will beat that.”
Murray says August is a tough month to get much of a turnout. He predicts double the voters when November rolls around. Polls close tonight at seven.