After months of political campaigning, commercials, and attack ads the day finally came to make a decision.
Polls opened early Tuesday morning and people came out.
Mid-terms elections usually have a low turn out.
I stopped by Carbondale precinct 9 at the civic center and talked to Michael Crow, an election judge that spent the last 20 years making sure every vote counts.
“Obviously this election is a hot election across the country.”
With his years of experience as an election judge Crow thought he had a good idea of how many of the over 800 registered voters would turnout, but this year seemed different.
“In this precinct somewhere around 8 to 10 percent, but it will be higher than that this year.”
Crow was surprised by the early afternoon numbers.
“We reached one hundred voters by two o’clock this afternoon and for a mid term that is real good.”
Two of those voters were Jonathan Wiesen and Natasha Zaretsky.
“I’m following the Governors race and that’s really it, that’s the one scares me the most if my candidate does not win.”
“Who ever wins its going to have a profound effect on jobs, where our kids go to school, and the quality of their education and the quality of the education we can provide where we teach so I think its really important to come out.”
They are a couple that are both teachers and value the voting.
“I studied times when there were no opportunities to vote, dictatorships ands etcetera, so I treasure this ability, it’s not a perfect democracy but I’ll take what I can get.”
