Tweets Tell The Tale: Long Lines As Polls Open
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- The polls opened at 7 a.m. in Minnesota, and even though roughly 650,000 Minnesotans already registered their picks through early voting, crack-of-dawn lines were significant in a number of places.
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People took to Twitter to show the state of their wait at various locations Tuesday morning. Here are some of them:
Long lines to vote at Mpls Roosevelt HS. @wccoradio @WCCO pic.twitter.com/8jvxwRafGA
— Al Schoch (@aschoch0226WCCO) November 8, 2016
Peter Hobart elementary in SLP pic.twitter.com/LBHnYZNsnU
— Tom Sachi (@tomsachi) November 8, 2016
140+ in line when the doors opened. Lines on lines to get & submit ballots. Nice way to meet your neighbor! @WCCO #MidMorning #ElectionDay pic.twitter.com/koWuKzFZ4X
— Tracy Perlman (@Partray) November 8, 2016
@WCCO long lines with 70+ plus ready to vote at 659am... Let's the polls open! pic.twitter.com/jEYU6bc4WX
— Andrew Smulski (@PIT_IN_MIA) November 8, 2016
long line in Lakeville #ElectionDay pic.twitter.com/26uzgItKzn
— David Fleming (@DnRFleming) November 8, 2016
Here's St Paul W-4 P-15 #Electionday #mn 2016 pic.twitter.com/EWMzHIb8z6
— Shannon Watson (@shannonkwatson) November 8, 2016
Not all lines were epic, thought. Here's a view from Stillwater:
Voting #vote @WCCO limited lines in @stillwater. pic.twitter.com/2cY0NatTU2
— Ryan Collier (@rm_collier) November 8, 2016