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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHundreds Line Up For Start Of Early Voting In Franklin County (OH)
Voters snaked down the sidewalk at the Franklin County Board of Elections on Tuesday morning. Past the music shop, past the pizza place, past the department store, to coil up in the parking lot at the opposite end of the strip mall.
They planned ahead showing up early, bundled against the chill and toting folding chairs for the wait.
Four oclock, board director Ed Leonard says of the first arrivals. They had a group that was coming here at 6 a.m., and when they got here at 6 a.m., there were already people at 4 a.m. And our security people told us their cameras identified people lining up at 4 a.m.
Cheryl Turner is wearing a hand-knitted shawl patterned in rusty orange, brown and black. She and her husband James are near the back of the line in the parking lot, but she wanted to be one of the first.
I wanted to get out here today because this vote is very important, and I didnt want to wait til the last minute, and I wanted to get my vote in early, she says.
https://radio.wosu.org/post/hundreds-line-start-early-voting-franklin-county#stream/0
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Early this morning, someone posted pix!
ChoppinBroccoli
(3,784 posts)I'm seeing that there are lines of cars waiting to drop off their ballots in the drop boxes too. Turnout is through the roof in Ohio on the first day of early voting. That spells bad news for Trump. People aren't lining up and waiting for hours just to vote for more of the same old garbage.
By the way, I got my absentee ballot today (strangely enough, my wife didn't even though she requested hers before I did). I plan to fill it out tomorrow, and as soon as my wife gets hers, I'll drive them over to the Board of Elections drop box. I'm not trusting the mail with something this important.
C_U_L8R
(45,020 posts)It looks like Trump will inspire the greatest turnout ever,
just to see him go away.