Camera Hyde, Democrat clerk, watches Walter King sign in while Sylvia King, Teresa Howell and Dorothy Howell wait to sign in to vote. (Photos by Deb Patterson)

SILVER LAKE — Voter turn out was light in Silver Lake this morning, Nov. 3, with approximately 37 total votes being cast by 11 a.m. Voters, residing within the town limits of Silver Lake, can cast their vote in the town election until 6 p.m. today.

Adam Hyde, Democrat judge, explains the voting machine to Pat Jones.

The town hall meeting room is the location for casting ballots in the city election. Residents residing within the town limits in the First Precinct and Second Precinct of Lake Township are eligible to vote.

According to poll workers, Lake 1 has 337 eligible voters and Lake 2 has a total of 153. As other small communities are discovering today, a large number of county residents are visiting the polls to exercise their right to vote. However, they are being turned away as this is a city election only.

William Perry, inspector, and Teresa Martin, Republican poll judge, report they are busier than they had thought with mid-morning bringing a steady flow of voters — both eligible and ineligible. Perry noted the first person to cast his vote came at 6:05 a.m.

Silver Lake residents will be electing three individuals to its town council and a clerk-treasurer in today’s election, Nov. 3.

The race in the town election is that for town council seat with four individuals seeking three seats.

Poll workers Paul Hartz, Republican clerk; Camera Hyde, Democrat clerk; and Teresa Martin, Repubican Judge, with Adam Hyde, Democrat Judge, look for Cheryl Allen’s name on the voter list. After a phone call to election officials, it was learned she is a registered voter outside the town limits and ineligible to vote.

Voters will be deciding if incumbents: Chad Miner, Phillip J. Shalley, both Republicans and Gale Owens, Democrat, are re-elected or if newcomer Nichole Renee Taylor, Republican, will be elected replacing one of the incumbents.