Voters willfully wait to vote early

[DoYouEverWonder]

October 30, 2004

The first voter arrived Friday at 6:15 a.m.

By 8 a.m., when the doors at the Dunedin Public Library opened, 148 people were in line, waiting for the 11th day of early voting to begin.

It hardly slowed down all day.

"I thought it would be easier to vote early, which is why I came out today," said Holly Bart, 30, of Dunedin. "It didn't prove to be that way."

Any doubts about early voting have been trampled by the crowds of people jamming libraries and government buildings during the past two weeks.

Some waited in line for more than two hours. Every day there is a new record for turnout. Officials expect peak numbers today, and again on Monday.

By Friday afternoon, 33 percent of the registered voters in Citrus County had cast a ballot, either at early voting sites or by absentee ballot.

http://www.sptimes.com/2004/10/30/Tampabay/Voters_willfully_wait.shtml

[AIJ Alom]

1. That's whn I'm gonna go to vote: 6am !!!!