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Election draws a crowd for early voting
Hall elections director predicts 30-minute waits, 35 percent turnout Tuesday
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A line stretches Friday afternoon outside along the entrance to the Hall County Government Center for early voting. Average waiting time for voting was about an hour. - photo by Scott Rogers | The Times
Some voters waited 50 minutes to cast early ballots Friday, but voters Tuesday can expect to wait at least 30 minutes, Hall County Elections Director Charlotte Sosebee said.A line of voters stretched out of the Hall County Government Center most of the afternoon as 2,346 voters showed up. A grand total of 23,882 voted early.Sosebee said the early voting went off without a hitch, though.“It’s been a wild 21 days,” she said, referring to the period that began Oct. 15. “And we have talked about it for three years, and it’s over.