Tuesday, November 6, 2012

In Carroll County, voters warm up to a cool election day

In Carroll County, voters warm up to a cool election day
Westminster precinct reports heavy, and steady, turnout by Kevin Dayhoff

In Carroll County, voters warm up to a cool election day

Westminster precinct reports heavy, and steady, turnout


By Kevin Dayhoff, November 6, 2012

It was almost anti-climactic at the polls in Westminster on Tuesday afternoon.

After a year of robo-calls, tons of campaign literature, debates and nonstop news coverage, election day came to Carroll County — and the turnout was heavy and steady.

Just after 4 p.m., as temperatures dropped, there were plenty of hardy campaign workers at the polls at Westminster Elementary School. Joy Fisher and Erin Snell and Jennifer and Molly Harvilak were busy greeting voters and handing out literature in support of Question 6, the Civil Marriage Protection Act.

"Been here since the morning — and we're cold," Fisher said in between shivers… http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/news/ph-ce-election-day-1106-20121106,0,1592306.story


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