Go vote.
That message was communicated on social media, yard signs and "I voted" stickers on election day and the days preceding it.
In Callaway County, 39.11 percent of registered voters followed through with their "civic duty" on Tuesday, casting ballots in the general election. That number is down 6.19 percent from the 2010 mid-term election in which 45.30 percent of registered Callawegians voted, according to the Callaway County Clerk's Office.
The 2010 election is comparable to the 2014 election because neither included a presidential race - a factor that can draw an increased number of voters to the polls.
Shamrock recorded the highest turnout percentage in both elections: 46.88 percent in 2014 and 58.84 percent in 2010. The precinct is the smallest in the county with 288 registered voters in 2014 (135 ballots casted) and 294 registered voters in 2010 (173 ballots casted). McCredie came second in highest voter turnout with 44.13 percent; 218 ballots casted out of 494 registered voters.
The other precincts with high turnout percentages were:
•Hatton, 44.01 percent (250 ballots/568 registered voters);
•Tebbetts, 43.07 percent (354 ballots/822 registered voters); and
•Millersburg, 42.35 percent (617 ballots/1,457 registered voters).
Fulton - Ward 3 had the lowest voter turnout - 28.53 percent of the precinct's 1,900 registered voters voted. There were 542 from the precinct who turned out at the polls. In 2010, Fulton - Ward 3 was the second lowest for voter turnout with 32.55 percent - just 3.28 percent higher than Fulton - Ward 4. That precinct came in second for lowest turnout with 29.37 percent in 2014. Fulton's six precincts totaled a 33.41 percent voter turnout.
The other precincts with low turnout percentages were:
•Fulton - Ward 2, 32.60 percent (253 ballots/776 registered voters);
•Readsville, 32.61 percent (105 ballots/322 registered voters); and
•Holts Summit/Holt, 34.17 percent (794 ballots/2,324 registered voters).
Precincts that fell in the middle for voter turnout percentage were:
•Dixie, 41.74 percent (134 ballots/321registered voters);
•New Bloomfield, 40.83 percent (868 ballots/2,126 registered voters);
•Carrington/Guthrie, 39.21 percent (465 ballots/1,186 registered voters);
•Cedar City/Holts Summit, 39.12 percent (1,539 ballots/3,934 registered voters);
•Auxvasse, 37.82 percent (517 ballots/1,367 registered voters);
•Mokane, 37.67 percent (194 ballots/515 registered voters);
•Hams Prairie, 37.44 percent (337 ballots/900 registered voters);
•Williamsburg, 37.36 percent (204 ballots/546 registered voters);
•Fulton - East, 37.10 percent (830 ballots/2,237 registered voters);
•Fulton - West, 36.90 percent (338 ballots/916 registered voters);
•Portland, 36.74 percent (133 ballots/362 registered voters);
•Calwood, 36.48 percent (263 ballots/721 registered voters);
•Fulton - Ward 1, 35.55 percent (754 ballots/2,121 registered voters); and
•Stephens, 34.48 percent (171 ballots/496 registered voters).