Voter turnout was near an all-time high Tuesday, with more than 65 percent of Baldwin County voters heading to the polls to vote in this year’s election. Baldwin County Probate Judge Tim Russell said he knew early in the day that this year had the potential to be a big election. “In addition to the presidential election, we also had a number of statewide and local amendments that I think drew people to come and vote,” Russell said. “Having a turnout of almost 100,000 voters is great for our county and for our democracy.” Russell said no major issues were reported at any of the polling stations this year. “It was a fair and clean election,” Russell said. “The only phone calls we really got were just about folks having to wait in line to vote.” In the presidential race, Baldwin voters gave Donald Trump 72,780 votes, Hillary Clinton 18,409 votes, Gary Johnson 2,448 votes and Jill Stein 453 votes. Baldwin County Commissioner and Trump elector Frank Burt said he was incredibly pleased to see such a strong turnout for Trump both in Baldwin County and nationally. “There were some who underestimated what they thought Donald Trump would be able to do, but I’m proud that I’ll be able to cast one more vote to help make Donald Trump our next president and help get this country back on the right track,” Burt said. “With a Republican Congress, I really think he’s going to be able to do what he said he was going to do - make America great again.” 13 of the 14 statewide amendments passed in Baldwin County, with the exception of Amendment 12. Amendment 12 dealt with giving the state legislature the ability to create toll authorities to build and operate toll roads and bridges for cities within Baldwin County. Baldwin voters came out against the measure, with 39,535 voting no and 36,700 saying yes. Since the amendment was a statewide amendment, however, it appeared to look as though it might pass with 51 percent of the vote statewide. Four of the five local Baldwin County amendments passed easily, but Local Amendment 3, which would have given the county the ability to create a toll authority that would have allowed for the expansion of the Baldwin Beach Express from I-65 to I-10 failed by more than 2,000 votes. Baldwin County Commission Chairman Chris Elliott said he believed confusion over Local Amendment 3 and statewide Amendment 12 may have contributed to the defeat. “There was a lot of confusion about both of those amendments,” Elliott said. “Even the press didn’t fully understand what was going on there, so we’re thinking it may have led to some misunderstanding with the voters.” Elliott said the county is continuing to explore options to try to extend the Beach Express by other means. “The path forward for that road is still unclear,” Elliott said. “It’s officially on the shelf until we figure out a window for funding.” The numbers for contested races, minus provisional ballots, for Baldwin County are as follows: President: Hillary Clinton - 18,409 Donald Trump - 72,780 Gary Johnson - 2,448 Jill Stein - 453 Senate: Ron Crampon - 19,098 Richard Shelby - 73,904 Statewide Amendment 1: Yes - 55,424 No - 21,019 Statewide Amendment 2: Yes - 65,802 No - 17,396 Statewide Amendment 3: Yes - 47,184 No - 25,863 Statewide Amendment 4: Yes - 54,661 No - 24,863 Statewide Amendment 5: Yes - 48,717 No - 24,863 Statewide Amendment 6: Yes- 38,927 No - 30,694 Statewide Amendment 7: Yes - 33,046 No - 18,551 Statewide Amendment 8: Yes - 58,506 No - 17,423 Statewide Amendment 9: Yes - 28,757 No - 22,167 Statewide Amendment 10: Yes - 32,607 No - 17,255 Statewide Amendment 11: Yes - 36,983 No - 31,359 Statewide Amendment 12: Yes - 36,700 No - 39,535 Statewide Amendment 13: Yes - 38,373 No - 33,149 Statewide Amendment 14: Yes - 40,912 No - 25,452 Local Amendment 1: Yes - 43,853 No - 26,023 Local Amendment 2: Yes - 42,038 No - 34,204 Local Amendment 3: Yes - 37,267 No - 39,995 Local Amendment 4: Yes - 47,522 No - 30,956 Local Amendment 5: Yes - 56,949 No - 16,802