Baldwin County is expected to be part of a record-setting demonstration of the democratic process nationwide today.

County Probate Judge Adrian Johns said he wouldn’t be surprised to see turnout reaching the 80 percent level countywide as voters head to the polls from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Alabama Secretary of State Beth Chapman has predicted statewide turnout will break the all-time record of 76 percent set in 1992.

If that prediction holds true, it would mean nearly 90,000 county residents casting ballots in an election that features no local races. It would shatter the previous record for total number of voters in Baldwin County — about 70,000 in 2004. A percentage turnout record for Baldwin County was not available Monday.

Baldwin poised to make history