(La Porte County, IN) - Voter turnout for the primary election today in La Porte County appears to be steady, as La Porte County Clerk Heather Stevens said that 1,364 people countywide had voted today by 8:30 this morning. 

 

She also noted how just over one hundred of those votes were cast at the Kankakee Township Volunteer Fire Department in Rolling Prairie, and that other “hot spots” included voting centers at the Scipio and Center Township volunteer fire departments.

 

“It’s a good start,” she said.

 

Poll worker Sacha Gee Burns at Hanna United Methodist Church said about a dozen people an hour were there voting this morning, “which is pretty good for the primaries.”

 

“It’s been pretty steady,” she said.

 

Stevens said turnout is not quite as good in Michigan City.  Michigan City is heavily democratic, with just one race contested among five Democrats currently seeking the party’s nomination for three open seats for La Porte County Council At-Large.