Idaho turnout likely to be 75-80%

Counties around Idaho are posting some amazingly high turnout figures for Tuesday’s election, but it turns out those aren’t actually the final numbers – because they don’t take into account same-day voter registrations. That means the county figures – 88 percent in Ada County, 87 percent in Kootenai County and 90 percent in Bonner County, for example – are comparing the number of ballots cast to the number registered by the registration cutoff on Oct. 14. But Idahoans who haven’t registered by that date can register at the polls.

When those Election Day registration numbers are added in, the percentage-of-registered-voters turnout figures fall. In Ada County, Chief Deputy Clerk Phil McGrane estimates that it’ll end up between 75 and 78 percent/ Betsy Russell , Eye on Boise. More here.