Hall voter turnout, other local election numbers

More than 102,000 Hall County voters cast ballots in this year’s election. Final numbers posted by the Georgia Secretary of State’s office show the total turnout was 102,506 or 73% of registered voters.

In the presidential race, Donald Trump garnered 71.62% of the votes cast to 27.75% for Kamala Harris. In each of the other contested races on the ballot, the Republican candidate also easily topped his or her opponent. The closet race was for Soil & Water District Supervisor. Todd Chapman took won with 54.62% of the vote.

And the Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (T-SPLOST) was rejected 54.37% to 46.63%.