Andover Turnout At 60% Going Into Election Day

ANDOVER, MA — About 15,000 Andover voters had already cast their ballot, as of Saturday, Town Clerk Austin Simko said Monday. That's 60 percent of registered voters, Simko said.

Simko expects at least 5,000 more ballots to be cast on Election Day, which would beat 2016's total turnout of 19,572. In the September state primary election, 9,716 votes were cast in Andover.

Residents who requested mail-in ballots can still return them by mail or using the secure drop box at 36 Bartlet Street. Ballots must be submitted to the drop box by 8 p.m. Tuesday, or postmarked by Tuesday and received by Friday. You also vote in person, Tuesday.

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As of Wednesday, about two-thirds of the town's early votes were mail-in votes. Early in person voting was available for two weeks, ending Friday.

In addition to the presidential election, Andover voters are casting their ballots in state and federal legislative races and two statewide ballot measures.

Christopher Huffaker can be reached at 412-265-8353 or chris.huffaker@patch.com.