ELECTION DAY: Find updated midterm election results tonight at theitem.com SPORTS Baseball brothers make the trip of a lifetime to Fenway TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2018 | Serving South Carolina since October 15, 1894 75 cents B1 Turnout numbers turning up ly-morning rush beforeore duringdu the day’s voter turnout will follow Sumter election officials hope ballots work, the lunchtime threeth expect- the trend of absentee voting rush and a 4-to-5 ed rushes. in the county ahead of today. cast today will follow absentee trend o’clock rush,” Jef- Another Mid-afternoon Monday, Jef- ferson said. “So, if key point, ferson projected total absen- BY BRUCE MILLS Pat Jefferson, director of you can go in be- she said, to tee voting — there is not tech-
[email protected] Sumter County Voter Regis- tween those times, speed the nically early voting — in Sum- tration and Elections, said on you’ll be better off.” process for ter in this midterm to be Amid the busy final day of every election day there are That means try to everyonee is about 3,500 above the last mid- absentee voting on Monday, typically three voter-rush pe- go vote between 9 to 11 to have your term election in 2014. Sumter County’s top elections riods. All polling places will a.m. or about 2 to 4 p.m., photophot ID out and She estimated there were official offered pointers for be open today from 7 a.m. to 7 Jefferson said. Votersrs can ready.ready about 5,200 absentee ballots voters to avoid lengthy lines p.m.