Local voter turnout tops 50 percent

VW independent staff

Voter turnout in Van Wert County was high for Tuesday’s mid-term general election.

Figures supplied by the Van Wert County Board of Elections show 10,635 of 19,963 registered voters (53.2 percent) cast ballots. 5,098 ballots were cast on Tuesday, 4,585 were cast via early in-person voting and 952 came via absentee mail.