North Andover Voter Turnout Nearly 50%, One Week Out

NORTH ANDOVER, MA — Over 10,000 North Andover voters have cast ballots in the Nov. 3 general election, as of Tuesday night, Town Clerk Trudy Reid said Wednesday. Nearly 50 percent of North Andover's 21,975 registerd voters, 10,837, have voted.

The current vote count is nearly two-thirds of the 2016 presidential election total of 16,391, one week before the polls close. In the September state primary election, 6,086 votes were cast in town.

Two-thirds of the early votes have been cast by mail, while 3,195 had voted early in person, through Monday.

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Due to the pandemic, early voting and mail voting were both greatly expanded in Massachusetts. Early in person voting was available for two weeks, ending Friday, and mail voting was made available to all voters, with no excuse needed.

In addition to the presidential election, North 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.