Numbers from early voting on Friday could bump the total ballots cast in the past two weeks to about 2,400, election officials said.

More than 2,100 people had voted early in Summit County as of late Friday morning. The period for early voting ended Friday at 5 p.m.

“I just went down to help make sure they were up and going at the County Courthouse and there were three people standing in line waiting to vote,” Summit County Clerk Kent Jones said. “I think it will be pretty busy today. We’ve seen it get a little busier each day as the week’s gone on.”

He said 367 people voted early on Thursday, which was the highest turnout for a single day.

“We’d been hitting around 200 before that,” Jones said. “If we can add another 300 or 400 to that today, we could hit 2,300 or 2,400 early votes.”

The early polling locations included the Sheldon Richins Building, Marsac Building, Kamas City Hall and the County Courthouse in Coalville.

A steady stream of voters filed into Marsac Friday morning.

“I just didn’t have the time to come the other days,” Parkite Jacquie Miller said after voting Friday. “I think early voting is good because then you have a number of days.”

She said she never misses an opportunity to cast a ballot.

“If we lose it then we’re going to the ground,” Miller said. “When we lose our votes that’s when you have a screwball at the top.”

Parkite Holly Pruett also voted at the Marsac Building on Friday.

“I was interested in a couple of the ballot initiatives,” Pruett said.

While supporting mostly Republicans this year, Pruett said she voted for Democrat Peter Corroon in the governor campaign.

But Pruett said she never casts a straight party ballot.

“I feel like voting the straight ticket is kind of like allowing somebody to tell you how to vote,” she said.

Meanwhile, Jones said he doesn’t know how many straight party ballots were cast early.

“We don’t know anything about the ballots cast,” he said. “All we know is how many.”

This year’s ballot includes U.S. Senate and congressional races, governor, state legislative districts, two seats on the Summit County Council, sheriff and other elected offices in the County Courthouse. Several ballot initiatives will also be decided on Election Day. Locally, residents will vote on propositions concerning open space and the Recreation, Arts and Parks Tax.

About 7,000 early and absentee ballots were submitted in Summit County during the presidential election in 2008. Roughly 600 people could cast absentee ballots this year.

“We’re going to have probably around 3,000 people who vote prior to Election Day,” Jones said. “I had anticipated a little higher than that.”

Summit County has about 24,600 registered voters. About 1,193 people had voted early in the Snyderville Basin. Park City had 423 voters and about 493 people had voted in Kamas and Coalville.

The polls are open on Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Contact the clerk at 435-615-3203 for more information.