Turnout Low, But Election Runs Smoothly With Power Restored

As the number of days without power grew larger, and some residents entered their second week without electricity, minds quickly turned to Tuesday's election.

All of Windsor Public Schools were closed for the week — two of them, John F. Kennedy and Oliver Ellsworth, serve as polling places during elections in Windsor.

It was determined on Wed., Nov. 2 that the election date would not be moved, and that polling places would remain the same. Even without power, according to the democratic Registrar of Voters Anita Mips. 

Without power, Mips said, voters would still fill out their own ballots. The only difference is that the ballots would have to be hand counted.

Luckily, that's not the case Tuesday morning as the election is in full swing at all seven standard polling places.

Because school was canceled all of last week, its being held today as well, which hasn't caused any problems, according to republican Registrar of Voters Karen Andrews.

The only major difference, Andrews and Mips said, is that they've yet to tally voter turnout as of 2:30 p.m.

The reason, Mips said, is that turnout has been low, even for a municipal election.

While many voters are still at work and may not have been able to make it out to the polls yet, numbers are expected to rise significantly in the coming hours.

And although turnout has been a little low, it's been steady, said Andrews.