Several counties in the southwest Virginia area are seeing an active early voting season leading to the Nov.

Several counties in the southwest Virginia area are seeing an active early voting season leading to the Nov. 3 general election, and early voting continues through Oct. 31 in Virginia. The figures were provided by voter registrars' offices responding to WDBJ7's queries.

In Henry County, 812 mail-in ballots had been returned out of 1,337 mailed out as of Oct. 19, with 3,151 in-person early voters and counting. Henry County has 37,547 registered voters, and 45 voters cast ballots during the first Sunday voting on Oct. 18.

Other localities reporting include Bath County, with 119 ballots mailed, 65 returned and 357 early votes, slightly more than 10 percent of total registered voters; Bland County, with 132 absentee ballot applications and 282 in-person voters; Botetourt County, with 3,095 early voters as of 11 a.m. Oct. 20 for an 11 percent turnout and 1,172 absentee ballots issued with 735 returned; Campbell County, which mailed 1,938 absentee ballots with 975 returned, saw 3,585 voters cast ballots early in office and processed 196 new voter registrations; Giles County, with 1,514 in-person early voters and 223 mail ballots returned; and Montgomery County, where almost 500 people were voting per day and 248 voted during five hours on Sunday, Oct. 18.

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