Wrangell turns out for 2020 election

With polls closing at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, preliminary numbers show Wrangell had a large turnout for the 2020 election. Sarah Whittlesley-Merrit, Legislative Information Officer, told media that over 700 ballots were cast on election day. They received 732 ballots, she said, plus four special needs ballots and 23 question ballots. On top of that, she said that Wrangell saw 316 votes cast early in this election. This is a total of 1,075 ballots cast. According to the Alaska Division of Elections, there are 1,974 registered voters in Wrangell. These numbers mean Wrangell had a turnout of about 54 percent. In the 2016 general election, there were a total of 764 votes cast out of 1,731 registered voters, according to information on the Division of Elections website, creating a turnout of about 44 percent.

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