Treutlen County residents seek normalcy after Helene through vote [Video]

Despite the county still recovering from Helene damage, their election superintendent, Sharon Sellars, said they are seeing a record-high turnout.

“I’m proud that they’re open today because I work and when I get home from work, I’m tired,” she said. “I want my voice to count, my vote to count, so this is really a very, very good day to go vote.”

Sellars, who hasn’t let the hurricane damage deter her, said she’s voting on a Saturday because it’s more convenient for her than a weekday. However, she’s not the only voter who feels this way.

“I don’t want to be in a crowd,” Melanie Hutcheson said. “I wanted to go ahead and get it done and so I can just sit there and wait and see what it’s going to be, what the election turns out …