Polls have officially closed in Henry County, and results should begin to be posted at 9 or 9:30 p.m., Elections Director Janet Shellnutt said.

“We do have some [precincts] on the north end that had some lines, so it’ll take a little while to get them back,” she said.

While voting has steady throughout the day, Shellnutt said, some precincts didn’t get hit hard until the afterwork rush from 5 to 7 p.m.

“Red Oak and Austin Road and those had 100 people in line that didn’t come until very late,” she said.

No technical issues or otherwise cropped up during the day, except for candidate signage, she said.

"We have some people pulling other people's signs," she said. "I think I'm on sign patrol."

As of 1 p.m., Shellnutt said most of the county's 38 precincts were reporting strong numbers.

"At the Lake Dow precinct, as of 1 p.m., they reported 500 voters," she said. "That precinct doesn't have that many voters so that's a pretty good turnout."

The numbers at the Lake Dow precinct represent a similar trend throughout the county; Shellnutt said between 500 to 600 voters have been recorded at some of the precincts, as of 4:50 p.m, including Pates Creek, Locust Grove and Unity Grove.

These precincts, said Shellnutt are known as ones that are more active and often serve as an indicator for the lesser active ones.

Early turnout, according to Shellnutt, was strong from the beginning.

“We’ve already done about 8,000 early voters and 1,000 absentee,” she said.

In 2008 and 2010, Shellnutt said that the total number of voters averaged 19,000 and 22,000 respectively.

“I would love to double that,” she said. “I am hoping we get at least 30,000.”

The two hot races that Shellnutt identified included the Chairman and Board of Commissioners seats. “I’m watching those closely,” she said. “I have a feeling we might enter into a runoff.”

Shellnutt said final results will be posted to the county’s website, www.co.henry.ga.us.

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Henry County General Primary 2012 Election Candidates

Chairman

Carlotta Harrell (D)

Elizabeth J. Mathis (R)

Jane Askew Rutledge (R)

Tommy N. Smith (R)

District 1 Board of Education (NP)

John H. Dewberry, Jr.

Pam Nutt

District 1 Commission

Warren Emory Holder (R) J

ames C. Mays (D)

William J Moss (R)

District 2 Board of Education (NP)

Josh R. Hinton

Reginald D. Ponder

Thomas B. Sosby

Larry R. Stanley

Taqua Thrasher

District 2 Commission

Jacqueline Anderson-Woods (D)

Vincent Anthony Lotti (R)

John Brian Preston (R)

District 3 Board of Education (NP)

Michael “Mike” Griffin

Nichelle Wiggins

Charles Vickery

District 3 Commission

Gary W. Barham (R)

Laura Elizabeth Jeffares (R)

Kenneth David Sherman (R)

William L. Toney, Jr (R)

Sandra Vincent (D)

Coroner Donald

W. Cleveland (R)

Probate Judge (NP)

Kelley S. Powell

Sheriff

Robert Keith McBrayer (R)

State Court Judge (NP)

Ernest D. Blount

James T. Chafin III

Superior Court Clerk (R)

Barbara A. Harrison Tax

Commissioner (R)

David M. Curry