CONWAY — The total turnout for Conway polls on Tuesday, state primary day, was a whopping 1,829, almost twice as many as voted in the 2016 midterm elections, according to Town Moderator Deb Fauver. Of those, 1,065 received Democratic ballots, and 766 received Republican ones. A little more than half — 957 — were absentee ballots.
Asked to explain the high turnout this year, Fauver had a ready answer. The reason, she said, is when voters requested absentee ballots, they could also get them for the general. “So it’s procedure affecting turnout,” she explained.
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