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Moderate number of voters turn out for early morning voting in Missouri City
By DIANE TEZENO
A moderate but steady flow of voters turned out at three polling locations in Missouri City this morning.
At Meadow Creek Clubhouse, 2410 LaQuinta, 49 voters had cast their votes at the site at 9:30 a.m.
William Blacklock, election judge for the 2092 and 2093 voting precincts, described the early morning number of voters as “light.”
“We’ve had a fairly good, steady crowd, but not a lot,” Blacklock said.
“But at both of these precincts there have been a lot of early voters, with 52 percent in one precinct and 60 percent in the other precinct,” Blacklock said.
According to the Fort Bend County election judge, a number of voters have had to be directed to their proper voting locations.
“We had early voting at this location, so last week anybody could come to this location to vote, so we have had to redirect a number of voters today,” Blacklock said.
By 9:30 a.m. 80 voters had cast their votes at the Missouri City Community Center, 1522 Texas Parkway.
Quail Valley resident Janice Scanlin, a member of Citizens for Missouri City’s Future, was out at the polls when they opened at 7 a.m. in support of the Missouri City parks bond referendum.
Scanlin said there were an estimated 70 people in line when the polls opened.
“They have come in droves and about 20 percent of the people have come to the wrong precinct, but they have handled it well,” Scanlin said.
“It has inconvenienced a few people, but they feel like it is worth it to go vote,” Scanlin said.
Houston rapper Bun B of UGK teamed up with 97.9 The Box to set up live broadcasts at various polling locations and to report on voter turnouts.
“The numbers have been really light because in Houston we had extraordinary amounts of early voters, so right now it is still kind of light,” said the Houston rapper.
“But keep in mind that it is a work day and it is still early, so I expect around 3 or 4 o’clock for these lines to get pretty long and pretty serious.”
Hunters Glen Elementary School, saw the largest number of early morning voters of the three polling locations with 99 voters casting their votes in the election.
According to Cheryl Lovings, election judge for precinct 2050, voters lined up as early as 6:30 for polls to open.
“The first hour the flow of voters was kind of heavy,” Lovings said.
“We have about 2,000 people on the actual roll list and about three-fourths of them have already voted, which is amazing,” said Lovings, who has worked the polling location for the past five years.
“This is the first time that I can ever say that this many people have voted early and voted period,” Loving said of voter turnout at the location.
Several voters went to extra efforts to participate in this year’s election, including Carmen Bernal, who voted early but took time to escort her 70-year-old mother to the polls.
“This is a unique election and we just had to get out and vote,” said Bernal.
Tosin Adunbarin, an 18-year-old Missouri City resident, traveled from Beaumont with a fellow Lamar University classmate, Vincent Ross, to cast her vote.
“I drove all the way this morning to vote and am just happy because I feel like I just made a difference in the election, because we do need a change,” Adunbarin said.
Hunters Glen IV resident Rhonda Johnson voted early, but brought her youngest daughter out to vote and her elderly neighbors, who did not have transportation to the polls.
Although she had just given birth, Missouri City resident, Cheryl Page, whose husband is serving in Afghanistan, did not want to miss the opportunity to cast her vote in the historic election.
“My son is only 3 days old, but I thought my vote should count to make a change,” Page said.
At Meadow Creek Clubhouse, 2410 LaQuinta, 49 voters had cast their votes at the site at 9:30 a.m.
William Blacklock, election judge for the 2092 and 2093 voting precincts, described the early morning number of voters as “light.”
“We’ve had a fairly good, steady crowd, but not a lot,” Blacklock said.
“But at both of these precincts there have been a lot of early voters, with 52 percent in one precinct and 60 percent in the other precinct,” Blacklock said.
According to the Fort Bend County election judge, a number of voters have had to be directed to their proper voting locations.
“We had early voting at this location, so last week anybody could come to this location to vote, so we have had to redirect a number of voters today,” Blacklock said.
By 9:30 a.m. 80 voters had cast their votes at the Missouri City Community Center, 1522 Texas Parkway.
Quail Valley resident Janice Scanlin, a member of Citizens for Missouri City’s Future, was out at the polls when they opened at 7 a.m. in support of the Missouri City parks bond referendum.
Scanlin said there were an estimated 70 people in line when the polls opened.
“They have come in droves and about 20 percent of the people have come to the wrong precinct, but they have handled it well,” Scanlin said.
“It has inconvenienced a few people, but they feel like it is worth it to go vote,” Scanlin said.
Houston rapper Bun B of UGK teamed up with 97.9 The Box to set up live broadcasts at various polling locations and to report on voter turnouts.
“The numbers have been really light because in Houston we had extraordinary amounts of early voters, so right now it is still kind of light,” said the Houston rapper.
“But keep in mind that it is a work day and it is still early, so I expect around 3 or 4 o’clock for these lines to get pretty long and pretty serious.”
Hunters Glen Elementary School, saw the largest number of early morning voters of the three polling locations with 99 voters casting their votes in the election.
According to Cheryl Lovings, election judge for precinct 2050, voters lined up as early as 6:30 for polls to open.
“The first hour the flow of voters was kind of heavy,” Lovings said.
“We have about 2,000 people on the actual roll list and about three-fourths of them have already voted, which is amazing,” said Lovings, who has worked the polling location for the past five years.
“This is the first time that I can ever say that this many people have voted early and voted period,” Loving said of voter turnout at the location.
Several voters went to extra efforts to participate in this year’s election, including Carmen Bernal, who voted early but took time to escort her 70-year-old mother to the polls.
“This is a unique election and we just had to get out and vote,” said Bernal.
Tosin Adunbarin, an 18-year-old Missouri City resident, traveled from Beaumont with a fellow Lamar University classmate, Vincent Ross, to cast her vote.
“I drove all the way this morning to vote and am just happy because I feel like I just made a difference in the election, because we do need a change,” Adunbarin said.
Hunters Glen IV resident Rhonda Johnson voted early, but brought her youngest daughter out to vote and her elderly neighbors, who did not have transportation to the polls.
Although she had just given birth, Missouri City resident, Cheryl Page, whose husband is serving in Afghanistan, did not want to miss the opportunity to cast her vote in the historic election.
“My son is only 3 days old, but I thought my vote should count to make a change,” Page said.
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