New information in from Lynchburg’s News and Advance.

As of 12:30 p.m. Lynchburg reported that 5.9% of registered voters had cast a ballot in the primary. Considering many had predicted 5% turnout for the entire day, that is a significant number.

Lynchburg and Charlottesville (as reported earlier, see below) have reported turnouts above projected levels.

However, as the News and Advance article mentions, many surrounding counties are still showing lower numbers, such as Bedford and Campbell counties, each reporting less than 1.5% turnout at noon.

Original Post: Albemarle County, home of Charlottesville, is perhaps the exception to the rule in today’s Democratic Primary.

According to this report, the county has pulled in 4.5% of registered voters as of 1 p.m.

That is already above the 3.5% turnout for the entire day in the last Democratic primary, granted it was for a Senate seat, not Governor.

Either way, Albermarle is far ahead of Montgomery County, and seems to be ahead of major areas such as Fairfax County and the Richmond area, which are reporting small turnouts in the Washington Post and Richmond Times-Dispatch.

More numbers to come as they are made available. Zc