After three days of Early Voting, 1,114 Winn Parish voters have cast a ballot whether in person or absentee by mail, reported Registrar of Voters Bryan Kelley as the Journal’s deadline approached this week.  

He went on to compare, “In the 2020 Presidential election 1,069 voters cast their ballot after three days of Early Voting (in person and absentee by mail).  Both of these Presidential election cycles had ten days of Early Voting.  In 2016, 1,758 voters cast an in-person ballot during the entirety of Early Voting which took place over a seven day period.  Absentee by mail ballots received were 275 bringing the total for Early/Absentee voting to 2,033.

In a breakdown of the current 1,114 total, the registrar indicated that 897 were in-person while 217 were absentee (mail).  There were 982 White voters, 123 Black and 9 Other.  Males totaled 500 and Females were 614.  Democrats were 282, Republican 632 and Other 200.

Early Voting for the November 5 Presidential election will continue in the Registrar of Voters Office in the Winn Parish Courthouse through Tuesday, October 29, from 8:30 a.m. until 6 p.m.  (except for being closed Sunday, October 27).

Voters will have their choice for President and Vice President of the United States. The Republican ticket offers Donald Trump and “JD” Vance.  The Democratic ticket offers Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.  

There will be candidates for other parties on the ballot, including the Green Party; the Libertarian Party; American Solidarity Party; the Constitution Party; the Godliness, Truth, Justice Party; the Justice For All Party; the Socialism and Liberation Party; the Socialist Workers Party; and the We The People Party.  

Also on the ballot is the race for Congressional Representative.  Due to redistricting, Winn is no longer in the eastern District 5 where Julia Letlow (R) is incumbent but now in the northern District 4 where House Speaker Mike Johnson (R) is incumbent.  He faces a challenge by Joshua Morott (R).  

Finally there will be a Louisiana Constitutional Amendment (No. 1) offered for voter approval.  That amendment would require federal revenues received by the state, generated from Outer Continental Shelf alternative or renewal energy production, be deposited into the Coastal Protection and Restoration Fund.

The Journal will report the total number of ballots cast (in-person plus absentee) at the end of Early Voting in its October 30 edition next week.