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Turnout slow in Fayette County
Posted at: Tuesday, March 2, 2004, 05:28 PM
Turnout in Fayette County was low, several precinct mangers said.
The voting precinct at Heritage Church in Fayetteville, is one of the largest in the county with about 2500 voters. The typical turnout is about 75 percent. But only about 300 people had voted by 4 p.m. precinct manger Exa Bryan.
“I don’t know where everyone is,” Bryan said.
Turnout was slow, yet steady at the United Methodist Church in Fayetteville.
Precinct manager Tom Zaworski wondered if the early voting that occured last week was the reason.
The mangers said there have been few problems with the new touch-screen voting machines.
“We’ve had nothing but favorable reactions from the voters,” Zaworski said. “It has been a real joy.”
Bryan said some people were anxious and hit buttons too fast.
“The problems have not been with the computers,” Bryan said. “You could say the few problems we’ve had are with the people using them. People just seem anxious today. But overall things have gone smoothly.”
Fayette reporter Laura Diamond
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