(La Porte County, IN) - It’s Election Day and the polls are open.  Long lines to vote began forming early this morning at polling precincts across La Porte County.

 

Sacha Gee Burns, a poll worker at Red Mill County Park on Holmesville Road near Westville, estimated there were 50 to 60 people waiting to vote before the polls opened at 6 a.m.  She said she’s never seen this many voters showing up so early.

 

In Wills Township, Mark Pahs from the Rolling Prairie area said there were close to 100 people waiting to vote before 6 a.m.  Usually, Pahs said the number of voters waiting in line this early is less than a dozen.

 

Cody Looney of New Buffalo estimated there were 50 people waiting to vote at New Buffalo City Hall just after 7 a.m. 

 

Former La Porte Mayor Leigh Morris says whoever is elected president should do what’s best for the nation and that’s work toward the middle to get things done for the most citizens as possible.

 

The polls are open until 6 p.m. in Indiana and 8 p.m. in Michigan