Cape County turnout as expected

Cape Girardeau County Clerk Rodney Miller said voter turnout Tuesday was about what he expected.

About 25 percent of eligible Cape Girardeau County voters participated in the primary election.

"It was about where we thought it would be, with some precincts reporting higher turnout and some reporting lower numbers than we expected," he said. "The city of Cape Girardeau had a moderate turnout. For some reason there's a little resistance to voting in primaries."

Miller reported that the Byrd wards in Jackson and a Fruitland ward had the highest percentage of participating voters in the county.

"This was one of the better turnouts we've had, as far as primaries go," Miller said.

In Perry County, the turnout was 37 percent for a ballot that had only two contested issues: the newly created recorder of deeds office and the Republican primary for the 106th District state representative race.

And in Scott County, 23 percent of registered voters participated.

--From staff reports