Voter No. 9
April 7th, 2009 at 07:31am Wally Haas
That was me this morning. I was the ninth person to vote at my polling place. That was 6:30 a.m. so I think that’s too early to determine whether voter turnout will be good or bad. It’s a nice day outside, if a bit chilly, so weather shouldn’t keep folks home.
On our podcast I predicted 10 to 12 percent. I think I was being overly pessimistic after a bad day. Nancy Strain of the Rockford Board of Elections is predicting 45 percent to 50 percent. That seems overly optimistic.
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1. Billy Kulpa | April 7th, 2009 at 8:09 am
I was out reporting this morning, Wally, and most of the election officials were thinking 50% was about right. A poll official at the Northwest Community Center said he thought 50% would be a “great” turnout.
Maybe that information trickled down from the board.
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