Early voting slow but steady, say election officials in Washington and Benton counties

Numbers similar to past primary elections

Kim Clifton (right) of Washington County places his ballot Wednesday into a machine as poll worker Karen Lockhart of Hogeye assists after Clifton voted at the West Fork Community Center. Early voting continues this week ahead of the March 5 primary and judicial election. Visit nwaonline.com/photo for today's photo gallery.

(NWA Democrat-Gazette/Andy Shupe)
Kim Clifton (right) of Washington County places his ballot Wednesday into a machine as poll worker Karen Lockhart of Hogeye assists after Clifton voted at the West Fork Community Center. Early voting continues this week ahead of the March 5 primary and judicial election. Visit nwaonline.com/photo for today's photo gallery. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/Andy Shupe)


FAYETTEVILLE -- Election officials in Northwest Arkansas say the first week of early voting for the March 5 primary election was quiet and uneventful.

"Slow. It has been very, very slow," Kim Dennison, election coordinator for the Benton County Election Commission, said Friday.

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