Early Voting Turn Out

Early Voting Turn Out

Out numbers fromincreasing ... secretary of state-- kyle 3 ardoin announcing a record-breaking turn-out of nearly a million louisiana voters demonstrating there right to vote early this election seasonnews 15 patsy douglas has more on the story... stand up - tha's right, and those big numbers are't shocking residents here in acadiana, manyare excited to see a huge turn out..

Nat 1 - i think um, understanding where we are, as a country, i's evident, and i thinkpeople realize that being silent now, is not an option .

Vo - with early voting starting during hurricane season and a pandemic, residents still made sure that their voices were heard this election season..

New iberia resident, roy williams says he knew early voting would make a huge turn out sot 2 - "well i just think because of the covid 19 , ai't nobody working and they ca'tgo to a bar and drink so they going out early voting, ya know which is a good thing"vo - ul associate professor of political science pearson cross tells me he does't see voterturnout enthusiasm slacking up until november 3rd ...sot - "it appears from the early voting results, that uh fewer republicans, fewer white people are actually voting than they did in early voting last year and more african americans are voting so that seems to effect enthusiasm on democrats .."vo - nearly a million voted during this early election cycle, and cross says early voting isup 87% over last year sot - "that goes well for us to be over the 2.05 million votes that we did in 2016, i expectto uh, set a modern record not top since maybe the governo's race in 1993"vo track - now pearson cross says if you did't participate in early voting make sure you do your research before you vote on election day .... in lafayette patsy douglas news