One stop voting began Thursday at both the Person County Board of Elections Office at 331 S. Morgan St. and the Person County Public Library at 319 S. Main St.

At approximately 1 p.m. Tuesday afternoon, 362 ballots had been cast at the two sites since balloting began last week.

Person County Elections Director Brenda Whitlow said that 205 one stop ballots had been cast at the library and an additional 157 had been cast at the board of elections headquarters.

Those numbers were more than double the number of ballots cast last Thursday and through mid-afternoon Friday when a total of 172 ballots had been cast at the two sites.

One stop voting continues each Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. through Friday, May 2, and from 8:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 3.

This year, for the first time, elections officials opened a third one stop voting site at the Timberlake Volunteer Fire Department at 350 Ashley Ave. in Timberlake. It opened Monday.

As of 1 p.m. Tuesday, however, a mere 30 ballots had been cast at that site, which has varied hours of operation throughout the one stop voting period.

One stop voting in Timberlake runs from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. on April 21-22, 24 and 26-30. The hours shift to 11 a.m. until 7:30 p.m on April 23, 25 and May 1-2. The Timberlake site, however, will not be open for early voting on Saturday, May 3.

Personians who have not previously registered to vote can register and cast ballots at the same time during the one stop voting period. Same day registration is not allowed on Election Day, however.