Clerk and Recorder: Hill County's general election was a success

Hill County Clerk and Recorder Sue Armstrong said that the 2020 election process was a resounding success, with massive turn-out and an overwhelming majority of mail-in ballots having been returned and tabulated without issue.

“We had an awesome voter turnout,” Armstrong said Thursday afternoon. “Of all the ballots that were issued, 88 percent were returned. The overall percent of all registered voters for Hill County was 79 percent voter turnout.”

Tabulation was wrapped up around 3 a.m. Wednesday morning with 7,287 votes processed.

Armstrong said that, because this year’s ele...