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REMAIN OPEN UNTIL 930. THE SECRETARY OF STATE, WES, WAS HOPEFUL THAT THERE WOULD BE A STRONG PRIMARY TURNOUT COMPARED TO 2022. WVTM 13 JON PAEPCKE JOINS US LIVE TONIGHT OUTSIDE THE JEFFERSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE. AND JOHN, HOW DOES TODAY’S VOTER TURNOUT STACK UP AGAINST YEARS PAST? WELL, SHERRI, NOT VERY WELL AT ALL. IN FACT, THE 17% TURNOUT THAT WE SAW HERE IN JEFFERSON COUNTY TODAY WAS LESS THAN HALF OF THOSE THAT TURNED OUT FOR THE PRIMARY ELECTION IN 2020. IN FACT, I TOOK A LOOK BACK AT THE LAST FOUR PRIMARY ELECTIONS IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA BEFORE TODAY. THE LOWEST WAS 28% IN 2012. STILL 11 POINTS HIGHER THAN TODAY. IN FACT, THE PRIMARY RUNOFF ELECTION IN 2020 PRODUCED THE SAME TURNOUT JEFFERSON COUNTY SAW TODAY. FOR THE MAIN PRIMARY, COUNTY ELECTION OFFICIALS SAY THERE WAS SIMPLY NOT ENOUGH SUSPENSE IN THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE AND THE ENERGY BEHIND THE TOP OF THE TICKET IS USUALLY THE FACTOR, WHICH PUSHES VOTER TURNOUT FOR A PRESIDENTIAL YEAR. UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE DISCUSSED EARLIER, JOHN, IT WAS AROUND 35% IN 2020. UM, YOU KNOW, SO, YEAH, I’M WE HAVE LESS THAN HALF THAT THIS TIME. I DON’T REALLY HAVE AN EXPLANATION FOR IT. NOW. STATEWIDE, I JUST CHECKED THE NUMBERS ON THE SECRETARY OF STATE’S WEBSITE SITE. THE TURNOUT FOR THE STATE SITS AT 16.5%, WITH ALL BUT TEN COUNTIES REPORTING. SO THAT WOULD STILL PROBABLY. WE’LL PROBABLY SEE THAT NUMBER GROW CLOSER TO 20% BEFORE THE NIGHT IS THROUGH. BUT STILL MUCH LESS THAN THE 33% THE STATE SAW BACK IN 2020. LIVE IN BIRMINGHAM J