The late afternoon vote is still to come, but it looks like the healthy early voter turnout will simply move around the numbers and not significantly change the totals in Thursday’s stage-setter for the bigger election in November.

Polls opened in Shelby County at 7 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 6, and close at 7 p.m. The ballot is a mix of state and federal primary and local races for a clerk's position and five school board seats. Early voter turnout was almost as high as the total turnout in the same election cycle four years ago but low through the morning rush hour.