Early numbers show a high turnout at the polls in Buchanan County.

As of 11 a.m. 29.3 percent of registered voters had cast a ballot or 15,230 people out of the 52,918 registered. County Clerk Mary Baack-Garvey said she is still predicting a turnout of around 80-percent.

By 3 p.m. 45.4 percent of registered voters had cast ballots, or 23,587 voters.

We spoke to voters at Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish Tuesday morning.  Diane Ford said she actually expected to see more people at the polls.

“I expected more today but there’s more places to vote than I expected.  Usually there’s only like a dozen and they can accommodate way more people today,” Ford said. “How could you not come out to vote today? We want this to come to an end.”

Larry Edwards said he also expected a little more turnout when he came out to cast his ballot shortly before 10 a.m.

“There is a lot of things at stake here and this is very very important,” Edwards said. “The country is divided and to determine which direction we go from where on out everyone has a stake in this because we all live here.”

By 11 a.m. Our Lady of Guadalupe saw 1,993 ballots cast. Ernie Frye  is a supervisor for the precinct. He said he has been involved with elections in Buchanan County for more than 20 years.

“This morning before we opened there were two lines the came in from outside the door there all the way in, waiting for us to open the door,” Frye said.  “It’s been steady all day.”

Election officials were seen assisting voters with mobility issues.

“We bring all the paperwork and everything out so they can do it,” Frye  said. “We want to make sure everybody votes.”

Polls close at 7 p.m.