Detroit polls open to long lines and high enthusiasm on election day

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DETROIT - If there was one voter who wasn't going to be deterred on election day, it was Joan Knox.

"I feel honored that I'm able to do this, I'm an American citizen and I remember the blood sweat, and tears that were shed for us to have this right," she said Tuesday morning at the Northwest Activities Center in Detroit.

"It would be wrong of me not to be here so I'm honored to be the first in line," she said. "I wanted to be the first in line."

A line. A feature of election day polls, but not necessarily so early in the day. But on Nov. 3, an estimated 70 people had already lined up outside the northern Detroit polling station before doors had opened. ..............(more)

https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/detroit-polls-open-to-long-lines-and-high-enthusiasm-on-election-day

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1. Encouraging.

[BusyBeingBest]

2. It's the Eminem Effect.

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3. I feel so bad for people that have to stand in line to vote.

I walk out my front door and turn left. I walk 500 ft. I am there. I never have to wait more than a few minutes to vote. The last time I waited in line was the first presidential election at my first house. Waited an hour and a half. Voted for Clinton in his first term.