County Clerk Dan English told Huckleberries Online moments ago that the Election Department has received 13,026 absentee votes to date -- and they're still coming in. Staff has been opening envelopes for two days. English predicts that tabulations will occur long into the night, not because of problems but as a result of the volume of ballots plus two races involving write-ins. Also, he predicts the turnout will be in the 60+% range, based on the absentee ballots (which should make up around 30% of the vote). The county clerk reports no problems with the voter ID requirement in play this year. In fact, he said, a number of voters have commented that "it's about time" that the state had the ID requirement.