A rainy day did not keep people from the polls Tuesday.

The Carbon County election office reported a 51.6 percent voter turnout. Out of 43,174 registered voters, 22,262 ballots were cast.

Lisa Dart, Carbon County election director, said Tuesday that polls were seeing steady figures and that it was busier than other years.

That marks the second year since 2014’s midterm elections that over half of the registered voters in Carbon County cast a vote.

According to election records, in 2017, 28.38 percent of voters came out to the polls; while in 2016, 69.37 percent vote during the presidential election. A total of 31.97 percent voted in the 2015 general election and 45 percent voted during the last midterm elections.

Schuylkill County voters were also turning out in droves to cast their ballots.

Election chief Frannie Brennan said Tuesday that there was “heavy voting all over. People who haven’t voted for a while are voting. We’re seeing a steady stream.”

When all was said and done, 49,234 of the 85,904 registered voters cast a vote, which represents a 57.31 percent turnout.

Despite the turnout, few problems were reported.

The only complaints Brennan had were from people who failed to register on time, or who haven’t voted in a long while and didn’t know where to go to cast their ballots.

In Monroe County, election director Sara May-Silfee said there were 53,763 votes cast by the 108,206 registered voters, not counting the 2,278 absentee ballots the county received. That means Monroe saw a 49.69 percent voter turnout.

The only complaints she had were from people who failed to register on time, or who hadn’t voted in a long while and didn’t know where to go to cast their ballots.

People reported from all areas that they experienced few lines and the process was going smoothly.

Monroe County had a unique problem: someone called in a bomb threat to the courthouse Tuesday morning, the third threat in a week and 10th this year at the courthouse.

Silfee said following the recent threats she had prepared in case the election office was evacuated on Tuesday, but there was no need.

Terry Ahner, Amy Miller and Chris Parker contributed to this report.