CONWAY — If you thought turnout was amazing for the 2020 presidential election, town clerks are expecting record numbers of voters to turn out to cast ballots on Tuesday. More than 800,000 Granite Staters voted four years ago.
“We’re expecting turnout to once again be very heavy,” Conway Town Clerk Louise Inkell said by phone Tuesday.
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