Election Draws Steady Crowds in Annapolis
Lines often stretched outside of polling locations as voters huddled together in the chilly November air.
A steady stream of voters flowed through polling places around Annapolis with wait times averaging around 45 minutes on Tuesday. "Usually we get a good crowd at the beginning of the day, and then it slows down and picks back up at the usual times like lunch time and when people get off work," said Bob Bruce, an election judge at the Annapolis Area Library. "[This year] it seems steadier through the day." He and Joe Nasatka, an election judge at the Eastport Community Center, agreed that while most people came prepared for the six-page ballot, it was still taking longer than usual to get through. "Oh, it's incredibly longer because we've got so many questions to answer at the end," Nasatka said. "We could have used two more voting machines…
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Karen Spitzer
7:03 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
And THAT, my friends, is why you fill out the sample ballot ahead of time, AFTER you've researched the issues. THEN you take your completed ballot with you and use it as a cheat sheet and you're out in no time. And OF COURSE early voting is higher in 2012; it's in 2010 a Presidential election year.! more ›