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THE EXPECTED RECORD CROWDS...
AND THE LINES.
SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH
WILLIAM GALVIN PREDICTS THAT UP
IN MASSACHUSETTS, BREAKING THE
PREVIOUS 3.1 MILLION RECORD IN
2008. WITH ABOUT 4.3 MILLION
PEOPLE LISTED IN THE STATE AS
ELIGIBLE TO VOTE, THAT MEANS
THERE COULD BE A 74 PERCENT
TURNOUT RATE. GALVIN ATTRIBUTES
TO INTENSE INTEREST IN THE
OUTCOMES OF THE PRESIDENTIAL AND
U.S. SENATE RACES. WE'RE ALSO
BALLOTS CAST FROM ABOUT 260,000
IN 2008 TO NEARLY 285,000 THIS
YEAR.
REGARDING TOMORROW OF COURSE,
EXPECTING THIS LARGE TURNOUT IS
LINES. WHEN WE HAVE A LARGE
TURNOUT, MANY POLLING PLACES ARE
OVERWHELMED, ESPECIALLY
DURING THE EARLY VOTING HOURS,
DAY. TO COMBAT LONG LINES,
POLLING STATIONS ARE BEING ASKED
TO CREATE TWO LINES, ONE FOR
THOSE WHO HAVE NOT VOTED
SURVEY.
ANYONE WHO WANTS TO KNOW WHERE
THEIR POLLING STATION IS CAN
CHECK ONLINE AT THE STATE'S
THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU ON
THE NUMBER TO SECRETARY WILLIAM
CALL IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS AT
THE POLLS. IN BOSTON, CHRISTINE
LEE, 22 NEWS.