Voters at Kanwaka Township Hall, Douglas County Precinct No. 56, fill the hall shortly after 7 a.m. Tuesday.

Before the clock struck noon, Douglas County’s voter turnout already was up to 42 percent, according to numbers from the Douglas County Clerk’s Office.

Douglas County Clerk Jamie Shew’s office reported that 11,545 people voted between 7 a.m. and 11 a.m. on Tuesday. With another 22,819 people voting in advance, voter turnout was up to 42.08 percent with another rush of voters expected before polls close at 7 p.m.

Voter turnout in the 2012 presidential election was 61.7 percent in Douglas County. In 2008, Douglas County had turnout of 64.6 percent. Shew has said he’s not expecting voter turnout to surpass that 2008 mark, in part, because he hasn’t seen university student voting in as large of numbers.

The 11 a.m. numbers did show the one polling place on the KU campus, precinct No. 10, did have the lowest voter turnout of any in the city at 11.72 percent.

Several polling places in Lawrence, however, have already posted voter turnout of greater than 50 percent. They include:

• Precinct No. 6, Deerfield Elementary: 54 percent

• Precinct No. 13 American Legion: 52 percent

• Precinct No. 18 Mustard Seed: 50 percent

• Precinct No. 19 Brandon Woods: 57 percent

• Precinct No. 20 First Southern Baptist Church: 51 percent

• Precinct No. 33 Vintage Church: 55 percent

• Precinct No. 38 Career Tech Center: 50 percent

• Precinct No. 44 Langston Heights: 52 percent

• Precinct No. 45: Golf Course Supt. 58 percent

• Precinct No. 47: Good Shepherd 50 percent

• Precinct No. 48 Pioneer Ridge: 57 percent

• Precinct No. 49 Corpus Christi: 51 percent

Reports from polling places generally were not reporting long wait times to vote. Here are some reports as gathered by Journal-World reporters.

• Trinity Lutheran Church, 1245 New Hampshire St., serves as a combined precinct, said Supervising Judge Bill Benso.

In all, about 2000 people are registered to vote at the location, Benso said. However, that number is likely a bit of an ‘overstatement’ due to leftover names from KU students who haven’t purged their names from the system, he said.

Tuesday afternoon Benso said the precinct had processed nearly 350 votes and a steady stream of voters would likely continue into the evening hours.

“There have never been more than five or six in line,” he said.

Not a record turnout, but strong by all accounts, he said.

In addition, Benso said the day has been calm — no heated arguments or disagreements between voters.

• Some voters in Douglas County had to cast their ballot over their lunch break. Sue Smith, however, said she was fortunate enough to have the entire day off from her position as an auditor.

Smith cast her vote for Donald Trump over the noon hour at 360 Church at 3200 Clinton Parkway.

“I only voted for Trump because I can’t vote for Hillary,” she said. “I don’t like her; I haven’t liked her for a long time.”

Although Smith had the entire day off of work and could afford to wait in line more than others, she said it only took a few minutes to vote.

There were no lines, no electioneering, no harsh words at Smith’s polling place, she said. Just a quick visit and she was on her way.

As of the early afternoon, Ted Swartz, the polling place’s supervising judge, said 238 people had voted at that location.

“This morning folks were waiting in line, maybe for 10 or 15 minutes, but since then it’s been steady,” he said. “Lines, maybe once or twice.”

Swartz said he expected the rest of the day to remain at a constant stream of voters, perhaps with a slight uptick after 5 p.m.

Smith said every presidential election she can remember ended up getting bogged down with the mud slinging. However, one thing about this election stuck out.

“I think the candidates have so much more baggage than they have in the past,” she said.

— By Conrad Swanson and Chad Lawhorn