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EXPLAIN HOW VOTERS WERE ABLE TO
TURNOUT FOR TOMORROW'S ELECTION
IS EXPECTED TO BE HUGE. WITH THE
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, A HOTLY
CONTESTED U.S. SENATE RACE AND
ALTHOUGH MASSACHUSETTS DOESN'T
ALLOW EARLY VOTING... LIKE MANY
BALLOTS WERE ACCEPTED UNTIL NOON
TODAY. SINCE YOU DON'T HAVE TO
EXPLAIN WHY YOU WANT TO SUBMIT
AN ABSENTEE VOTE, MANY USE IT AS
AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET THEIR VOTE
285-THOUSAND VOTERS HAVE
REQUESTED ABSENTEE BALLOTS THIS
ELECTION. THAT'S AN INCREASE OF
ABOUT 25-THOUSAND FROM 2008.
THE COMMONWEALTH SO THAT
BECAUSE THEY KNOW THERE ARE
GOING TO BE LINES AND THERE
WILL, THERE WILL BE PROBLEMS
TOMORROW AS THERE ALWAYS ARE AND
SO YES WE'RE VERY BUSY."
GALVIN IS PREDICTING ABOUT
THREE-QUARTERS OF VOTERS WILL
CAST BALLOTS IN THE ELECTION,
POLLS OPEN GALVIN IS FOCUSED ON
KEEPING LINES MOVING, BUT NOTED
ANYONE IN LINE BY POLLS' CLOSE
AT 8 P.M. CAN STILL VOTE. FOR A
LIST OF ALL THE RACES AND WHAT
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