People were lined up outside the Barton County Clerk’s Office at times on Monday morning, waiting to vote. Advance voting was allowed at the courthouse until noon Monday, when it ended in accordance with state law, Barton County Clerk/Election Officer Donna Zimmerman explained.

Zimmerman said people could still submit mail-in ballots at the courthouse or in one of the two dropboxes in the county. Mail-in ballots can also be actually mailed so long as they are postmarked by election day, Nov. 3. The dropboxes will close at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

The polls will be open Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mail-in ballots can also be dropped off at any polling place.

Zimmerman said she is expecting a good turnout for this election, from advance voters and from those who go to the polls.

“People are interested this year,” she said, adding she has seen a high number of “brand new, first-time voters of all ages.”