Heavy, heavy voter turnout for Election Day from Belfast to Rockland, and beyond
A packed gym at Lncolville Central School attests to the voter turnout this election day. (Photos by Chris Wolf)
Voting in Belfast at the Boathouse.
Larry Theyer, Warden for wards 1 & 2 in Belfast
Voting Ward 5 in Belfast
Voting in Camden
Catherine Holland Ward 5 Deputy Warden and Tina Young, Ward 5
Linda Greenlaw and Marietta Wheaton, Rockport
Signs nearly obscured Petunia Pump in Lincolnville Center Tuesday, but they showed where residents needed to go to vote. (Photo by Kay Stephens)
Standing outside Lincolnville Central School, the town’s polling place, Tuesday are Seth Yentis representing Jonathan Fulford, Paige Ziegler, Josh Gerritsen and Rosey Gerry. (Photo by Kay Stephens)
Voters who showed up between 11 a.m. and noon stood for an hour or more to deposit their ballots into the machine. (Photo by Kay Stephens)
Lincolnville voters had just one machine for depositing ballots, and it was finicky too, slowing the process and making for even longer lines due to the high voter turnout. (Photo by Kay Stephens)
A sea of voters, cued up in a snaking line waiting to deposit their three ballot sheets into the machine. (Photo by Holly S. Edwards)
Rocklanders voted, then stood in line to cast their ballots. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Rockland City Council Member Will Clayton volunteered at the polls midday. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Rockland. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Rockland. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
I don’t do things “half assed,” said John Spear. Spear started holding doors at the polls at 6:45 a.m. in St. George, S. Thomaston, and here in Thomaston. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Thomaston. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Can I have a sticker? (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Thomaston. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Thomaston. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Thomaston. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
A packed gym at Lncolville Central School attests to the voter turnout this election day. (Photos by Chris Wolf)
Voting in Belfast at the Boathouse.
Larry Theyer, Warden for wards 1 & 2 in Belfast
Voting Ward 5 in Belfast
Voting in Camden
Catherine Holland Ward 5 Deputy Warden and Tina Young, Ward 5
Linda Greenlaw and Marietta Wheaton, Rockport
Signs nearly obscured Petunia Pump in Lincolnville Center Tuesday, but they showed where residents needed to go to vote. (Photo by Kay Stephens)
Standing outside Lincolnville Central School, the town’s polling place, Tuesday are Seth Yentis representing Jonathan Fulford, Paige Ziegler, Josh Gerritsen and Rosey Gerry. (Photo by Kay Stephens)
Voters who showed up between 11 a.m. and noon stood for an hour or more to deposit their ballots into the machine. (Photo by Kay Stephens)
Lincolnville voters had just one machine for depositing ballots, and it was finicky too, slowing the process and making for even longer lines due to the high voter turnout. (Photo by Kay Stephens)
A sea of voters, cued up in a snaking line waiting to deposit their three ballot sheets into the machine. (Photo by Holly S. Edwards)
Rocklanders voted, then stood in line to cast their ballots. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Rockland City Council Member Will Clayton volunteered at the polls midday. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Rockland. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Rockland. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
I don’t do things “half assed,” said John Spear. Spear started holding doors at the polls at 6:45 a.m. in St. George, S. Thomaston, and here in Thomaston. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Thomaston. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Can I have a sticker? (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Thomaston. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Thomaston. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Thomaston. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
MIDCOAST — Yes, we used the word heavy twice. It will become the word for the day and seemed the appropriate way to verbalize this voting day in Maine's Midcoast area. From Belfast to Rockland both election wardens and town clerks have used that word along with "swamped," overwhelming" and "wonderful" to describe the turnout for casting ballots.
In Belfast, Ward 5 Deputy Warden Catherine Holland and Ward 5 Warden Tina Young said that voter turnout had been good for the ward so far this morning. Ward 5 voting was held at Belfast United Methodist Church.
Larry Theyer, warden for Wards 1 and 2 in Belfast said the turnout has been very heavy so far this morning.
"We've been almost swamped since we opened at 7 a.m. this morning," he said. "If this keeps up, and I don't see how it can get much busier, but if it does we'll have a very large turnout."
Karen Secotte, deputy warden for Lincolnville, said the turnout has been phenomenal.
"It's more then I have ever seen," she said. "We opened at 8 a.m. and it has been like this right from the get-go, nonstop. We had 565 absentee voters so that leaves a lot of people who can come vote."
Katrina Oakes, town clerk for Camden, said turnout has been excellent.
"When we opened at 8 a.m. the lines were out the door and beyond, "she said. “Things have calmed down a little bit at the moment, but it's still a steady stream. We had nearly 1,700 people who requested absentee ballots. We processed 1,500 of them on Saturday so those folks are all set."
Linda Greenlaw, town clerk for Rockport, and Marietta Wheaton, voter moderator and warden for the day, said voter turnout so far has been tremendous. Very, very steady.
"It's close to what I saw four years ago and it could match it," said Wheaton. "Last time we had 82-83 percent and I anticipate the same. We processed 969 absentee ballots Saturday and Monday and we probably have 100 more to process."
The strategy for the day is to give yourself some time to vote. Long lines at the polls can be expected. Voting polls are open statewide until 8 p.m.
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