by Missouri Net News:AdvertisementMissouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins says early voting is running ahead of previous election cycles ahead of the Aug. 4 primary election. “Early voting turnout has been increased from prior years,” Hoskins said. I think there’s some excitement about different things that are on the ballot, whether that’s local races or Amendment 4 and Amendment 5.” Hoskins projects statewide turnout of about 32% for the primary, a figure that would exceed turnout in many recent August elections. In addition to local races, Missouri voters will decide four statewide constitutional amendments.