Your Polling Place Observations
Whether you are working a polling place as an election worker or campaign volunteer, or you are just voting, offer your observations and comments on what you see. How is turnout? Which candidates or campaigns are there? Any shenanigans?
Aldersgate was more disorganized than usual.
Very light in Odessa at 7:10.
Turnout was heavy at Aldersgate right at 7 am. A long line and everything. I even saw Mrs. Nemski!
At 7:50 AM, I was the single, solitary, lone voter at LB School in Ocean View. As I passed Millville FD, sure didn’t seem like much of anyone was there either, after I left voting at LB school. Where is everybody????
Light turnout in Sussex and the Sussex part of New Castle. Larger turnout in North Wilmington. I like it. 🙂
Just one person besides myself at the Elsmere Library at 8 am.
Light turnout bodes very well for the write-in sore loser candidate who can’t take no for an answer down here in Sussex. His cadre of supporters are very, very committed and will show up. Please, dear God in Heaven, inspire the sane people to snap out of their daily pleasures and go vote! (This is not an actual prayer, just blather for effect.)
are the polls ever really bumping in the morning?
Same story playing out here in PA though.
Some polls are ‘bumping’ early, some not. Often depends on how many people vote before going to work.
This anecdotal stuff tells us nothing, though. Although…the squirrel turnout in Arden is up this year.
At 8:45 I was the only voter at the Indian River Fire Company. I passed one exiting voter on my way from my car and another couple on my way back to my car.
About a dozen people were standing near the entrance outside with candidate signs resting against their legs and attention faced solely on their smartphones.
I was one of two people voting at the Captain’s Deck or whatever it’s called now on Governor Printz in Claymont. There was a guy walking in as I was getting back to my car, which I parked on the street since there was no parking available. I’ve never like this as a polling place.
The 1 of 37 is set up so poorly; you need a wheelchair or be a professional athlete to navigate this poll. The entrance is in front of the school and the election set up is in the back of the school. While there are two wheelchairs and pushes, it is a bad experience. Republican turnout is strong. Earlier Dems turned out, but since 10:45 only six Dems.
Voting in 22nd RD has been steady and moderately heavy all day. By 10:45 there had been 630 votes at North Star Elementary (2012 total there about 1,400); there had been 279 votes at Ebenezer Methodist Church (2012 total there about 1050); and about 375 at Linden Hill Elementary (don’t know the 2012 totals there).
Voted around 10:30 at Park View (near Sallies). Very steady with a consistent line of 7+ people, which surprised me since I didn’t go at a peak time.
Voted at 8:30 at Newark High School. Pleasantly surprised to see two new faces working the table, a young man and young lady, both African American. They were new so took a little longer than usual to find my name but all in all did a really good job. I was the only one voting at that time and I completed a News Journal exit poll when done.
Ed 3 H. O. Brittingham School, Milton (RD 20 SN 6)
9AM Steady but not crowded. Candidate crews were out (Snyder Hall, Jeff Christopher, Smyk, Lopez (I think). Look like mostly (semi) retired. Pretty quiet and business like.
Went to three places (only to vote once, alas) in North Wilmington this morning and afternoon. All of the Judy Travis people were from out of state, all of the Sean Matthews people were there from DSEA. Turnout seemed steady at all three polling locations. No one from any other (political) race was there to meet and greet the voters.
Voted at the Carvel State Building at 10 or so this morning. Only one other person there to vote. Then again, I did intentionally go during what I hoped would be downtime. (Also I was the only white person there, not that it matters except I always wonder what the African-American poll workers think of me, especially after Ferguson and everything.)
Steady pace since noon; brisk Republican turnout and Hispanic Republican;
poll workers getting tired and sore fron sitting on hard chairs
Many people who have come in were not called;
A few misdirected people came to the 1 of 37 instead of the their poll 2 of 37, misread their cards; great many had DOE card;
Took my 18 year old son to vote for the first time. POLYTECH around 12:15. No Dem representation out front at all. There are 3 different areas that vote there but turnout was very light. drove by after our celebratory lunch and the parking lot looked much fuller. The 16th Senatorial doesn’t have a democrat in the Senate race. Choices are Senator Bonini or former republican , now fringe candidate, Tedesco, who was there telling anyone who would listen how Senator Bonini doesn’t show up for Sunset meetings. Kind of an outdated piece of information but I guess it was what he had to on. I personally like Colin Bonini, although we agree on nothing politically, so I voted for him. I definitely think he is the better candidate in that race and will have a better opportunity to benefit the district. Other than that, all Dems.
Things were quiet at Brown Elementary in the 32nd District at 2:30.
Noon at connections 500 w. 8 the, wilmg. Only voter. Coord. Campaign office at 1pm for phone banking and staff said state turnout at about 50%. Hope it bears out.
We were brisk to steady in Townsend (11th)–posting nearly 40% of eligible voters. But then again, we’ve had some controversy and intrigue around here……….
To those who do not think there is voter suppression in Delaware.. well come to Sussex county. I didn’t get to vote.. because the poll workers at my local poll decided that you must have an ID with an address to get a ballot.. . they don’t believe in affidavits at my polling place.. forget voting law in Delaware, just push your own voter ID agenda. The story is actually more despicable and sickening than this, but my point is that there is voter suppression in this state.