Broome County Interesting Look at the Voter Turnout

With Election Day only a day away, Broome County lawmakers thought of a innovative way to attract new volunteers to help out the polling places. There are calling this new approach, the Adopt a Polling Place program. This is very similar to the Adopt a Highway program that is established in New York State. Under this new program non-profit organizations will provide people to volunteer for election inspector jobs. Local officials stated that 564 inspectors would be needed in the 141 polling locations located in Broome County. Broome County Legislator, Daniel J. Reynolds said that this new piece of legislature would create new relationships with non-profits all around Broome County. He also stated that this new “resolution will establish new accountability and would establish a different pool of inspectors for the Board of Elections.” On Friday, the Broome County Legislature approve of the new program. This program has already received bi-partisan support.

  Before the polls open up on Tuesday, the Broome County Board of Elections were out in the county reminding voters to vote by giving them the information they needed. With the governor’s race pretty much locked up the Board of Elections still expected a high turnout from 6 a.m. to 9p.m. In Broome County there are about 111,000 active voters but for the people who are registered to vote that can not make it Broome County officials have encouraged voters to fill out an absentee ballot. Broome County Board of Elections deputy commissioner, Karen Davis said that the county is expecting a seventy to 80 percent voter turnout at this year’s election. She goes on to say that Election Board has urged people to go and vote, as there are key races in the county that could change the political sphere statewide.