There’s no doubt that all eyes are on the upcoming presidential election next month and a growing trend in the number of people registering to vote has gripped the nation.

On Thursday, the Carbon County Election Board approved the voter totals for the upcoming presidential election and the figure is up just about 11 percent from the 2016 election.

Eligible voter numbers for the upcoming Nov. 3 election are: Democratic, 17,827; Republican, 21,778; Green, 47; Libertarian, 267; other party affiliation, 6,997, for a total of 46,916.

In the last presidential election, a total of 41,757 voters were eligible to vote.

This is an increase of 5,159 voters.

Officials said because of this they are expecting heavy turnout at the polls on Nov. 3.

Lisa Dart, director of elections, said in addition to preparing for voter turnout at the polls, her office has processed 10,827 mail-in and absentee ballot applications and have received 5,829 completed ballots from voters to date.

Dart again stressed that people who apply for mail-in ballots must fill out the ballot, put it in the secrecy envelope and then the return envelope and sign it for your vote to count when ballots are tallied.

Pennsylvania doesn’t have an early in-person voting. The early voting is by a mail-in or absentee ballot.

The deadline to request a mail-in ballot is Tuesday.

A secure drop slot for election related materials can be found at the entrance of the 76 Susquehanna St. building and is checked by election staff throughout the day.

Dart also stressed that if a person has applied for a mail-in or absentee ballot and now wants to vote at the polls, they must either bring their blank ballot and all materials that came with it to the elections office to begin the cancellation process or surrender the blank ballot and all materials that were mailed with it at the polls and sign a form surrendering it.

“We are doing everything we possibly can to ensure a safe, accurate count in Carbon County,” Commissioners’ Chairman Wayne Nothstein said.