BATON ROUGE - As early voting wraps up ahead of the Nov. 15 elections, officials say turnout so far is low.

While all elections are important, not all elections get a ton of voters to the polls, and considering many elections in and around East Baton Rouge are tax renewals, that appears to be the case.

Steve Raborn with the Registrar of Voters Office says early voting has become more popular over time.

"You know, it's probably on the lower side, but that may be typical for this type of election," Raborn said.

In East Baton Rouge, early voting numbers show about 5% of voters in the parish have cast their ballots. That's about 15,000 people who voted early or cast an absentee ballot.

Political analyst James Hartman says he's not surprised by the turnout so far. In East Baton Rouge, the

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