WELLS TOWNSHIP — For the fifth day in a row, records have been broken for the number of Delta County residents opting to participate in early voting on a single day at the Wells Township Hall.

A total of 484 ballots were cast Wednesday bringing the total of early voters to 2,160. When early voting was combined with absentee votes that have been received, Delta County voter turn out was at 30.7% Thursday morning.

Prior to Wednesday, the early voting precinct in Wells Township saw 382 voters on Sunday, 444, voters on Monday, and 477 on Tuesday,

All Delta County residents who choose to vote early must vote at the Wells Township Hall, 6432 N. 8th Street in Wells. Thanks to the addition of a second ballot printer, wait times for voting are under 20 minutes.

“Again, I want to thank the Voters, they have been very patient and understanding,” said Przewrocki, who also noted that the election inspectors were doing a “fantastic job of processing the voters.”

Those choosing to vote in person at the Wells Township Hall during the early voting period that have requested absentee ballots are asked to bring those ballots with them to the polls.

For those who are voting absentee, ballots must be returned to the city or township drop box associated with the voter’s address. Only absentee ballots from Wells Township residents should be placed in the Wells Township drop box. Each city and township has a secure drop box that can be accessed by voters 24 hours a day through Nov. 5.

Delta County Clerk Nancy Przewrocki credits Election Source, the Delta County IT Department, Johnston Printing and the Wells Township Clerk for stepping up with supplies to help keep voting running smoothly during the heavy influx of voters. Despite shortages of ballot paper and printer toner early in the week, Przewrocki says there should be enough ballot paper, ink and applications to vote to get through Sunday, the last day of early voting.

The shortages were a problem unique to early voting and on-demand ballot printing. There is no risk of shortages for those residents who are voting at their local precincts on election day, Nov. 5. All ballots available at local precincts that day are preprinted, and enough ballots are available for the number of residents registered to vote at each precinct.