Voting picks up slightly in Danbury

Voting officials in Danbury reported that as of 5 p.m., about 20 percent of the city’s registered Republicans had hit the polls, while about 13 percent of registered Democrats had cast their ballots.

While the voting picked up slightly from earlier today, the turnout is still behind two years ago, when about 23 percent of Republicans had cast ballots as of 5 p.m. and 15 percent of Democrats.

Dirk Perrefort