What you need to know before you cast your vote in April election

Approximately 96,000 registered voters will head to the polls on Tuesday to cast their vote in the Boone County elections.

Voting polls will open at 6 a.m. Tuesday Morning, and stay open till 7 p.m. For the April elections, there will be fewer voting locations, due to the lower voter turnout compared to other elections. Wendy Noren, Boone County Clerk told ABC 17 the reasoning behind the voting locations, “We reduced the number of polling places in these kinds of elections. January or April elections will probably have half the number of people voting that we had 3 weeks ago.”

For the March 15th elections, 58 voting locations were open, and for April election, 46 voting locations will be open.

Some big issues that are on the Columbia ballot include, Columbia’s Mayoral race, city council seats for the 3rd and 4th ward, Columbia Public School board, and two ballot issues for Columbia Public Schools.

In Cole County, voters will be voting on the renewal of the half cent sales tax, and two contested races in Jefferson City.

To make sure you’re gong to the correct polling place, log on to the county’s website to get a list of the polling locations, and to see if you’re registered to vote.

Como Connect is also taking a part in election day, buy offering free rides. “It was actually a suggestion from one of our customers about 3 weeks before the last election in March… we thought it was a good idea, and we decided to put it into place.”

Boone County is expecting a 20-25% voter turnout, and Cole County is expecting about a 10% voter turnout for the April election.

As of 1 p.m. Tuesday afternoon about 6,700 voters have turned out.

Stay tuned with ABC17 as we will bring you up to date voting information.