Historic election drew record voters

The Clarion-Ledger, 11/11/8

Last Tuesday’s historic presidential election drew 113,358 more Mississippians to the polls than in 2004, according to unofficial numbers released Monday from the secretary of state.

That record-setting total of 1.27 million is expected to increase as election workers continue counting affidavit and absentee ballots. Certified election results are not due to the secretary of state’s office until Friday.

The most voters were in Hinds County, where unofficial numbers show 98,495 people cast ballots. But the county is expected to break the 100,000 mark, because election workers still are counting more than 13,000 absentee and affidavit ballots.