Severna Park Polls Quiet on Tuesday
Patch paid a visit to a few local polling stations to gauge voter turnout.
Nary a line could be found on Tuesday morning and afternoon at Severna Park area voting stations. However, there were friendly and welcoming election judges but few, if any, voters to talk to when I cruised around the park with a fellow Patch editor on primary election day. Just before noon at the Severna Park Library, 57 people had voted. There were reportedly six people waiting for the doors to open at 7 a.m. After the first hour, election judges said 16 people had voted. Election judges arrive on site before 6 a.m. and stay until the voting is over, keeping many of them there until after 9 p.m. Chief election judges Gale Gillespie and Rose Ann Feldman stationed at the Severna Park Library started their shift at 5:30 a.m. and won't end …
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