No lines, things run smoothly as Prudential Center serves as super polling site
Voting began in Newark, including at a super polling that was set up at the Prudential Center, but there was a slight delay at one polling place.
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Nov 3, 2020, 9:03 PM
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Updated 1,269 days ago
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began in Newark at 6 a.m., including at a super polling that was set up at
the Prudential Center, but there was a slight delay at one polling
place.
While
New Jersey's election was conducted mostly by mail, there were some
polling locations open today, and among them was the Prudential Center. A line
of around a dozen people waited for the doors to open at 6 a.m., and since
then, there were a handful of voters each hour, and no lines.
The
New Jersey Devils partnered with the city of Newark and the Essex County Board
of Elections to set up the site. Certain districts in Newark will be able to
vote at the location. About 12 tables have been set up for people to cast a
provisional ballot or drop off their mail-in ballots.
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Across
town, the line was much longer after the opening of a church voting location
was delayed about 35 minutes. Voters waited outside the Greater Abyssinian
Baptist Church on Lyons Avenue until around 6:35 a.m., 35 minutes later than
they were supposed to.
“Everybody
was upset because they didn’t have the ballots,” says Karen Wilkinson, of
Newark. “They kept telling us 10 minutes, five minutes, so I still don’t
understand why the ballots weren’t here.”
News
12 asked the woman first in line if she believed opening the Prudential Center
as a polling location would make a difference in turnout.
“I’m
not sure,” says Cassandra Banks, of Newark. “I feel like there’s a little bit
of a mixed feeling coming out to vote because people are scared of coronavirus
and you have the people who just don’t know what it’s all and you have the
people, they sent me a ballot in the mail so I’m just going to do by mail
voting, but I want to do it in person.”
The
last time there was a crowd at the Prudential Center was eight months ago when
the Devils lost to the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Prudential Center is not
expected to be very crowded, but officials say that they are prepared to
socially distance any crowds that may show up.
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The woman overseeing
the site for the Prudential Center told News 12’s Nick Medanis Monday
that they'll be ready for one voter, or 8,000 voters. The tables are set up
with social distancing in mind.
New Jersey's top
election official, Secretary of State Tahesha Way, is expected to be on site.
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