The sun rises over a polling location in Onondaga County as voters line up to cast their ballots.

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Early Morning Voting Underway in Solvay

By Brooke Dehn

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Solvay voter talks about the importance of voting to him.

Anchor: Brooke Dehn
Interviewee: Milton Sustache

(Brooke Dehn)
As the polls officially opened their doors at 6-A-M to start election day, many voters were up before the sun this morning to cast their ballots. Among those in line was Milton Sustache. Like many, making his vote count was important to him today.

(Milton Sustache)
“I just wanted to get out there and be recognized and make sure my vote was counted.”

(Dehn)
And Sustache was not alone in his early morning endeavors at the poll. Voters were lining up outside before the doors opened at the Solvay-Geddes Community Youth Center this morning.

(Sustache)
” …we all care and just not one person is going to make a difference. I think if we all come out as a community, and it shows by being here this early in the morning, polls open at 6 and at 6:05 were here. It makes a big impact and a big difference; it shows that we really do care.”

(Dehn)
And while many cast their ballots early this morning because of their schedules, Sustache was driven to the polls by issues he cares about.

(Sustache)
“I thought this year was kind of important to get out there and vote.”

(Sustache)
“I think with the crime going up and what you see in your everyday news I thought that was a driving factor that brought me to the polls.”>

(Dehn)
And that’s just the start to Election Day in Syracuse. With Democracy in Action, I’m Brooke Dehn.

SYRACUSE, N.Y —  As polling locations around the city opened their doors this morning at 6:00 am, at the Solvay-Geddes Community Youth Center voters were up before the sun to cast their ballots. Members of the community were lined up before poll workers officially opened the doors, and more came within minutes, including voter Milton Sustache.

Unlike those who rushed to the polls before their nine-to-five, Sustache was driven to vote first thing in the morning by issues he cares about.

“I just wanted to get out there and be recognized and make sure my vote was counted. There’s a lot of things that impact this year’s election,” Sustache said.

As the voters filed into the community center within the first official hour of voting today, Sustache expressed the importance of the community showing up to have their voice heard in the election so early in the day.

“It shows that the people that we all care and just not one person is going to make a difference. I think if we all come out as a community, and it shows by being here this early in the morning, polls open at 6 and at 6:05 were here. It makes a big impact and a big difference,” Sustache said as voters walked out of the polling location.

Issues such as crime, inflation, and day-to-day life in the community were all issues considered by voters in this election. Sustache, as well as others, hope to make an impact by exercising their rights before most of the world woke up this morning.

 

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