The Peru Gazette

Update as of 7:55 p.m. – 2,086 voters have cast ballots or 49.8% of registered voters. Reports are that Peru’s turnout is far higher than anywhere else in Clinton County.   There are 50 to 100 people waiting in line. 

Update: as of 6 p.m. 1,727 Peru voters had cast ballots or 41.2% of the registered voters, far higher than the normal 33% for an off-year election. Two hundred people were waiting in line with a 45-minute wait in District #5.  We’ll have another update shortly after 8 p.m. and expect to have the voting results online about 9:30 p.m. 

Update as of 3 p.m. 1,228 Peru voters had cast ballots or 29.3% of registered voters. This is a very heavy turnout! 

Update: As of noon 787 people had voted – 18.7% of Peru’s registered 4,187 voters. The normal total turnout of an off-year election is about 33%. 

Update: As of 9.a.m. 350 people had voted in Peru a heavy turnout for an off-year election. 

Some people find the ballot confusing. A photo of the ballot can be found at http://www.perugazette.com/2009/10/30/here-is-a-photo-of-next-tuesdays-peru-ballot/

Please be sure to exercise your duty to vote on Tuesday, November 3, 2009.  The polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. at St. Augustine’s Parish Center, 3035 Main St., Peru, NY.