Absentee voting appears to be up

There is already lots of voting going on in Kootenai County. 

In 2012, the elections office sent out 13,079 absentee ballots and received back 12,235. So far this year, the office has already sent out 10,529 absentee ballots.

"We have nine days to go for this election so I think the numbers are going to be significantly higher than 2012. We’ve been averaging 243 a day," said county Elections Manager Carrie Phillips.

As of Monday, the elections office had received back 4,364 absentee ballots.