Voters Come to the Polls Early to Make Their Voices HeardJacob Goldberg

City of Syracuse

Voters Come to the Polls Early to Make Their Voices Heard

By Jacob Goldberg

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Jacob:BEFORE THE SUN HAD A CHANCE TO RISE AT NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL IN SYRACUSE, VOTERS EAGER TO EXERCISE THEIR CIVIC DUTY, LINED UP TO MAKE THEIR VOICE HEARD. 

 FOR SYRACUSE RESIDENT SAM SZEWCZYK, IT WASN’T WORK OR EVEN THE CANDIDATES THAT DROVE HIM TO VOTE EARLY.

SZEWCZYK: “I have a full day with my son today” 

jacob: AND WITH IS SON IN MIND, SZEWCZYK SAYS HE IS THE FUTURE FOR HIM IS WHY HE WAS DRIVEN TO VOTE.

SZEWCZYK:  “My son, the future for my son, that’s it”

FOR SYRACUSE RESIDENT, DANNY ADAMS, HIS REASON FOR VOTING WAS MUCH DIFFERENT THAN SUFCHECK. HE SAYS GROWING UP AS A PERSON OF COLOR, IT IS AN HONOR TO CAST A BALLOT.

Adams: “it behooves you to go out and vote, somebody dies for that right.”

Jacob: HE ALSO SAYS THAT GETTING TO THE POLLS EARLY CAN LEAD TO LOWER WAIT TIMES

Adams: “If you get here early you can get here before the crowds. It is real nice and quiet”

Jacob: ALTHOUGH IT IS EARLY AT NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL, AND PEOPLE ARE COMING FOR MANY DIFFERENT REASONS, EVERYONE WANTS TO BEAT THE LONG WAIT TIMES LATER THIS AFTERNOON. REPORTING FROM SYRACUSE FOR DEMOCRACY IN ACTION, JACOB GOLDBERG

SYRACUSE N.Y. – At Nottingham High School in Syracuse, NY, voters lined up to complete their civic duty before the sun had a chance to rise. With polls opening at approximately 6 am, people lined up at the pollen station as early as 5:30 in the morning.

The reason why so many came early is to beat the rush later in the day. Many workers also need to take advantage of the early times to make their shifts. Syracuse Resident, Danny Adams, believes voting in the morning is the best time possible.

“If you get to the polls early, you can get here before the crowds. It is nice and quiet now,” Adams said.

For Adams and others, beating the afternoon crowds was not the only reason to vote on election day. As a man of color, Adams mentioned how he and others fought for the right to vote.

“It behooves you to vote, somebody died for that right,” he said

For Sam Szewczyk, voting early means he is allowed to spend more time with his son.

He said, “I have a full day with my son today, and getting to vote early means I can spend time with him.”

Although many different people come to vote for many different reasons, across Central New York, people want to make their voices heard on Election Day.

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