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County gains new voters

Turnout good for primary election

The number of registered voters in Crook County took a significant leap upwards this year, according to the official tallies from August’s primary election.

Crook County had 4103 registered voters in total at the 2018 primary, a number that grew only modestly to 4143 by the 2020 general election.

This year, on the other hand, 4558 people were registered to vote in the county on election day – an increase of 415 people, or 10%.

On election day itself, Crook County gained 205 new voters.

Unsurprisingly, the number of ballots that were cast for the primary election in August increased, fr...