Interesting 2024 Election Trivia

Fairhope, Alabama 

 

 

Fairhope Voter precincts.

 

LOWER TURNOUT THAN IN 2020

Of the six Fairhope-area precincts, the biggest-percentage turnout of registered voters was in precinct #50 at the Mars Hill Church poll on S. Greeno Road with 60.8%; next was 3 Circle Church on Hwy 104 at 59.8%.

Fairhope Civic Center had a 58.9% voter-turnout.

The biggest precinct is #43, 3 Circle Church with 9694 registered voters; the smallest Mars Hill with just 3062. 

Reported wait-times at each poll varied widely during the day, according to various social media reports.  (Family Ministries Center (# 10) voters on CR 34 at Hwy 181 reported significant delays to this publication. Also at 3 Circle Church.)

The Baldwin County Commission made changes to voting precincts throughout the county in 2023:  "Due to the growth in Baldwin County and the effect it has had on many of the County’s existing polling locations, the Baldwin County Commission adopted Resolution #2024-020 in November 2023, which approved various changes to County polling locations ahead of the 2024 state-wide elections."

Criteria for poll locations include availability of space (usually at churches), numbers of equipment/voting machines available, numbers of poll workers available, and population density.

Chart below columns from l-r: total # registered voters/actual votes cast/percentage:

 


Comments

Anonymous said…
Thank you, Publisher. I articulated yesterday that the bottleneck was in signing in. Ridiculous line out the door- that is why. Took maybe 5 minutes to vote, one hour to wait to vote. Something is wrong with that picture.
Anonymous said…
Maybe they need more equipment?
Anonymous said…
Did not see First Baptist Church on S Section St in the list. Was that combined with the Civic Ctr?
Publisher said…
No. It is poll #52
Anonymous said…
Alabama needs to implement early voting like the majority of the country. We spoke to quite a few neighbors who have mobility issues and they were worried they would not be able to wait in the long lines so they simply did not go. Working moms and dads are not always able to step away, either.