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DeminPennswoods

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15. Took a dinner time cruise around the polls
Tue Nov 3, 2020, 08:00 PM
Nov 2020

I visited this morning to see if there was an evening crush of voters, but none of the polls had lines although my precinct was still getting voters every few minutes. I was pleasantly surprised to see one poll in town, a Dem area, was also still getting voters.

I did a rough estimate of my precinct. It had 1724 registered voters in 2016 and probably still a similar amount in 2020. In 2016, 1359 votes were cast for a turnout rate of 78.9%. When I stopped by around dinner time to chat with the Dem poll greeter, I asked a guy coming out what number voter he was. Turned out he worked for the county and was delivering forms so the board could nullify absentee ballots allowing the voter to vote in person. The Dem committee guy said he'd seen quite a few people coming in with their absentee ballots so they could vote in person. Before I left I asked another exiting voter what number they were as was told 900 something. I was also told there are about 38,000 total mail ballots in the county. Dividing that by the total number of precincts yields a little under 300 mail ballots/precinct.
My estimate would be roughly the same turnout as 2016 which is probably not a good sign for Rs.

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Loooong lines early today... apcalc Nov 2020 #1
What part of PA? DeminPennswoods Nov 2020 #7
Philly burb apcalc Nov 2020 #8
Sounds awesome DeminPennswoods Nov 2020 #9
45 minute waiting TEB Nov 2020 #2
3 minute wait Tree-Hugger Nov 2020 #3
My story is very boring FakeNoose Nov 2020 #4
My daughter is in Pittsburgh. bamagal62 Nov 2020 #5
From Beaver county in western PA DeminPennswoods Nov 2020 #6
Nice update. thanks PRETZEL Nov 2020 #10
Yes, the county was overwhelmed with mailed ballots DeminPennswoods Nov 2020 #12
Yeah, that alot of the counties PRETZEL Nov 2020 #13
Biden was here yesterday at CCBC DeminPennswoods Nov 2020 #14
From Wayne County in NE Pennsylvania PJMcK Nov 2020 #11
Took a dinner time cruise around the polls DeminPennswoods Nov 2020 #15
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