Richland County Board of Elections Director Matt Finfgeld said today at 1:15 p.m. that 12,350 voters had cast ballots on this Election Day since polls opened at 6:30 a.m.

Polls remain open until 7:30 p.m.

Finfgeld said Tuesday morning turnout today was “what I expected.”

“No lines that I have heard of. Everything is running smoothly,” Finfgeld told Richland Source.

On Monday, Finfgeld estimated that 65 to 70 percent of county voters would participate in the November election cycle. Nearly 20 percent cast ballots during the month-long early voting process.

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