The Muskingum County Board of Elections tallied up the numbers Tuesday and released the official count from the general election.

Almost 70% of registered voters in Muskingum County turned out to vote in the election, which was down around 3% from the 2008 election. However, there was an increase in the number of people who voted absentee.

"The turnout for absentee was right around 14,000 this year and in 2008 our turnout was right around 12,000 so we were up from 2008....