[RP TownTalk] not much of a wait at the polls

[Roland Walker]

In '04 we may have had more.  Of voters that still were on the rolls
in '07 (the data I am looking at), 1470 people voted in our precinct
in '04.

So the number of voters in Bush v Kerry was probably at least 1480,
and might have broken 1500.

My data does include absentees.

R

On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 11:18 AM, Lou King <lking at knob.com> wrote:
> Nancy Augustine wrote, On 11/4/2008 10:25 AM:
>
> Neighbors -
> When I got to Riverdale Park Elementary School, {to} VOTE!!!!
>
> Nancy thanks for stopping by ;-) your timing was good, but a little off.
> Most of the afternoon and evening Tuesday there was no line at all! Just
> after 0700 I went out and ask a neighbor at the end of the line to let me
> know when they had voted. At 0815 she was through. At that time the line was
> inside the building and the line was never that long again.
>
> About 0830, 300 people had been checked in at the E-PollBooks. That's 200
> voters an hour! It did slow down after that but was stead all day. The line
> never again was outside into the hall.  It really dropped off after 3:00 in
> the the afternoon.  The normal "after work - before dinner" rush never
> happened. We were worried, disappointed, until we thought about it.
>
> I don't remember the numbers exactly, but EVERYONE in town voted. Of the
> ~2,286 registered voters in 19-01 more than 1,400 walked through Riverdale
> Park Elementary School (I do remember Ms Gee came up with 65%). From the
> ~900  I did not see on Tuesday, subtract those that have moved and the large
> number of Absentee Voters in PG county - and there wasn't anyone left in
> town to vote at the end of the day!  In fact the last voter Tuesday night
> was through about 7:45.
>
> In the years working the polls here in Riverdale Park, I do not remember a
> turnout higher than 46%. One year it was only 29% for national elections.
> This year it is higher than 65% counting all the Absentees! I think, with
> the exception of that little town in Main that is the 'first' to vote, That
> turnout will be hard to bet - one of the reasons I like living here.
>
> Lou
>
> PS - Do not fear, I will dry my eyes. The COC will be back.
>
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