Early voting continues to run through Thursday, April 28, at the DeKalb County Courthouse in Smithville with limited hours at the Fairgrounds in Alexandria for the DeKalb County Democratic and Republican Primaries.

“Voters are reminded these are primary elections and they can only vote in one of the elections,” said Dennis Stanley Administrator of Elections. “Under state law, a voter cannot vote in two primaries which are held at the same time, such as is the case on May 3rd.”

Early voting hours in Smithville are Mondays 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.; Tuesdays 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Wednesdays 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Thursdays 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.; Fridays 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Saturdays 9 a.m. to Noon.

Early voting hours in Alexandria will be Tuesday April 19th from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. and Monday April 25 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

All properly registered voters can vote early at either location.

The voting turnout through the first three days has been steady with Republicans turning out to the polls far more that Democrats.

The total breaks down as follows with no voting last Friday in observance of Good Friday.

Wednesday, April 13:

TOTAL—106
In person—92
Absentee—14
Republican—71
Democrat—35

Thursday, April 14:

TOTAL-187
In person-183
Absentee- 4
Republican-109
Democrat-78

Saturday, April 16:

TOTAL-134
In person-132
Absentee- 2
Republican-94
Democrat-40

Total For Three Days Combined:

TOTAL-427
In person-407
Absentee-20
Republican-274
Democrat-153