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Obama big winner locally, statewide
Approximately 41 percent of Clarke County voters turned out for the presidential primary. Considering that there were no local races on the ballot, political watchers said that was a good turnout. Few more Democratic ballots Democrat ballots edged out Republican ones locally by about 55 percent. There were 3,805 Democratic ballots cast and 3,099 GOP ballots. On the Democratic ballot, U.S. Sen. Obama of Illinois polled 2,390 votes, or 64 percent, while U.S. Sen. Clinton of New York received 1,273 votes, or 34 percent. Other Democratic candidates on the ballot have already dropped out of the race but still received votes: Joe Biden, 13; Christopher Dodd, 3; John Edwards, 57; Bill Richardson, 9. Thirteen Democratic voters cast ballots for uncommitted delegates. Republicans favor McCain locally On the GOP ballot, U.S. Sen. McCain of Arizona polled 1,430 votes, or 46 percent. Former Arkansas Gov. Huckabee received 1,267 votes, or nearly 41 percent. Other candidates receiving votes included Hugh Cort, 1; Rudy Giuliani, 8; Duncan Hunter, 2; Alan Keyes, 5; Ron Paul, 46; Mitt Romney, 328; Tom Tancredo, 0; Fred Thompson, 7; uncommitted, 5. Cort is a Mountain Brook physician. Giuliani and Thompson have already withdrawn. Obama carried more states Tuesday but Clinton edged him in delegates by carrying larger states such as California and New York. Clinton still has the most delegates nationwide. Out of 2,025 delegates needed to secure the nomination, she has 783 while Obama follows closely with 709. The Republican race is not nearly so close. McCain leads with 559 delegates followed by Romney with 265 and Huckabee with 169. The GOP requires 1,191 delegates for a candidate to win the nomination. No major problems There were few voting problems reported in Clarke County, said Probate Judge Becky Presnall, despite some new practices for pollworkers to follow for recording and securing votes. Returns flowed in steadily to the new probate office after the polls closed at 7 p.m. with all returns reported by about 9 o'clock. The only glitch in counting the votes was a minor one. A computer data pack from the Bashi box was not returned but the totals could still be tabulated from the paperwork that was returned. Deputies went and got the pack but the computer would not read it when it was inserted in the computer. The Bashi vote totals had to be entered manually to get a countywide vote total but it wasn't a major problem.
The county totals are complete but unofficial except for provisional ballots- those of people who challenged their voting status or polling location or otherwise had a problem voting- which will be counted later. The numbers will be minimal.
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