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Waiting to cast votes
Ann Bryant/Sun Journal
Farmington voters gather outside the Community Building shortly before 9 a.m. waiting for polls to open on Tuesday. The line inside the building was about as long as the one outside. By mid-afternoon, just over 1,200 votes had been cast including 750 absentee ballots, Town Clerk Leanne Pinkham said. The number of absentees is high for an off-election year. The town processes about 2,400 during presidential and gubernatorial elections. "I think question one is bringing voters out," she said.
Ann Bryant/Sun Journal
Farmington voters wait for the polls to open outside the Community Building just before 9 a.m. Tuesday. Robert Stewart and Emelia Chick said they had waited about 15 minutes but needed to register in order to cast their votes. Joe Carpenter appeared to be first in line outside the building.
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