Steady stream of voters coming to the Exeter polls with an hour to go until they close. Turnout is now at 35% and counting. Should break 40% – pretty good for a Primary.
Bob Bundy, a retired PSNH worker, was standing outside the Ward 10 polling location in Concord, protesting money in the election process. A member of the Occupy NH movement, he said he was supporting a Constitutional amendment to limit corporate money spent on elections.
At the polls, he was handing out copies of a poem entitled, “Tainted Tea … they pump it for free!”
They claim they stand up for our liberty,
but their masters plan is a ploy to deceive!
Is this another Repug-nut-con?
My final prayer is … “Thy will be done!”
Voters trickle into the Ward 10 polling location around 4:30 p.m. At this point, the ward was the busiest one in the city, with more than 1,100 voters casting ballots.
Standing at the polls were Merrimack County Sheriff Scott Hilliard and Executive Councilor and at-large City Councilor Dan St. Hilaire and others for Mitt Romney while former State House news reporter Chris Dornin and two CHS students were pitching Jon Huntsman to voters.
Ward 8 in Concord clocks in at 518 at just before 2:30 pm, or about 18%, according to ward moderator. Temps are dropping too outside.
#ricksantorum greets high school student Logan Magee outside St. John Neumann in Merrimack. Kyle Mercer, also student, snaps a pic.
Darren Jackson of Boston’s South End neighborhood stands outside the Ward 4 polling location, supporting Ron Paul.
Ward 6 City Councilor J. Allen Bennett holds a sign for Jon Huntsman in Concord.
Ron Paul, R-Texas, made a quick stop at the polls in Nashua’s Ward 3 this morning.
