NATCHEZ — Approximately 57 percent of Adams County voters cast a ballot Tuesday to send Democrat Hillary Clinton to the White House as the first woman president in the United States.

Republican Donald Trump, however, appeared to be closing in on a stunning upset shortly before 1 a.m. Wednesday morning.

Trump took 42 percent of the vote in Adams County, with the small remaining percentage going to third-party candidates

Fifty-eight percent of Concordia Parish voters supported Trump, with 38 percent supporting Clinton, and the remaining percentage going to third-party candidates. Voter turnout in Concordia Parish was 67.1 percent.

Overall turnout in Adams County was approximately 63.82 percent, down slightly from 65 percent in the 2012 presidential election, with 12,285 ballots cast.

Election Commissioner Larry Gardner said Election Day in Adams County was an “absolute nightmare” with voters showing up at polling locations where they vote in City of Natchez elections, rather than their county precincts that are used during federal elections.

Voters also reported they had been purged from the voter roll and had to cast affidavit ballots.

Gardner said many of those voters had not voted in several years and were deemed inactive and purged from the rolls. Other voters did not respond to voter confirmation cards sent via mail after the confirmation process was triggered for their name. Triggers can include a jury summons being returned, Gardner said.

If a voter does not notify the election office they have moved, a voter confirmation card may be mailed to their old address where they will likely not receive it in order to respond, Gardner said.

“We have limited resources when we have 8,000 to 10,000 people calling the courthouse to figure out where they vote,” he said. “The voters needs to accept some responsibility, and before a major election like this, make sure you are in fact registered to vote … and know where you’re supposed to vote. You shouldn’t wait until the day of the election to do that.”