Inquirer reporting high turnouts in Pennsylvania Primary

[brooklynite]

PA Votes - Clinton or Obama

Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are making unscheduled, unannounced stops throughout the Philadelphia region as both candidates make a last frantic dash to the finish line of the Pennsylvania primary election.

Turnout at the Pennsylvania polls is "sky-high, much greater than usual" as voters in the Keystone State cast ballots in today's closed watched presidential primary.

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"It's impossible to quantify so early, but the anecdotal information is telling us there is definitely high turnout," said Zack Stalberg, president and CEO of the election watchdog group the Committee of Seventy.

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"It's been a mob scene," said David Lipson, a Democratic committeeman in Upper Merion Township just before noon. Lipson said an overwhelming number of new voters had cast ballots at the Roberts Elementary School.

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20080422_Great_weather__record_turnout_forecast_as_PA_votes.html

[DerekJ]

1. Kick

[olkaz]

2. This is encouraging.

Hope it's enough.

[MarjorieG]

3. But what about inadequate and faulty machines in Philly?

[PA Democrat]

4. In my small town the poll workers said they had a lot of first-time voters.

[uponit7771]

5. This is cool, get out and vote, participate....it's American

[scheming daemons]

6. In my precinct... turnout was light.... no line at all at 8:30am.....

I was the 84th voter.... 90 minutes after polls opened.


Thought it would be higher.

[PCIntern]

7. and then when everything gets all fucked up

they'll say..."it was high turnout...much more than we planned for - who wold have believed that this many folks would vote in a primary?"

[SoCalDem]

8. A Clinton voter hurries to her polling place

[azmouse]

9. ...

[rndmprsn]

10. kicked for HIGH OBAMA TURNOUT!

lets hope...

[TooBigaTent]

11. But what of us liberal Democrats who cannot stand either of these two? I am

trying to figure out any reason why I should bother going to the polls today.

[DLnyc]

12. good sign for Obama

and bodes well for November.

Lots of Dems getting involved seems like a good thing to me (although I'm sure someone here will tell me why it's really a terrible sign. . .)