Shelton’s mid-afternoon turnout pushing up against 5,000: 20 percent

It’s up to about 20-percent turnout for Shelton as it decides whether Republican Mark Lauretti will be elected to a 12th consecutive term. “We’ve been non-stop,” said Sylvia Brody, moderation at the Mohegan School polls, where by mid-afternoon, about 1,220 of the 5,700 eligible voters had cast ballots. Overall, the 4,702 votes cast is about 20 percent as the daylight hours, with many elderly voters, yield to the sunset and evening balloteers. Polls are open until 8.