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February 5, 2008

Strong voter turnout expected in Mass. and Conn.

Connecticut election officials expect a record turnout for today's presidential primary and Massachusetts officials also expect a strong turnout despite cold, rainy weather.

Connecticut and Massachusetts are among the states holding primaries or caucuses today on what is being billed as "Super Tuesday."

Rhode Island doesn't hold its presidential primary until March 4.

Polls in Connecticut opened at 6 a.m. today and were to remain open until 8 p.m. Turnout records could be broken, according to Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz.

Bysiewicz predicted voter turnout close to 50 percent - higher than the 43.3 percent turnout for the closely watched 2006 Senate Democratic matchup between Sen. Joe Lieberman and Ned Lamont.

In Massachusetts, a stream of early voters, braving a cold, steady rain, entered a heavily democratic precinct in Boston's Jamaica Plain neighborhood shortly after the polls opened. Outside, supporters of Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama held signs and shouted last-minute arguments.

Massachusetts state Secretary William Galvin predicted a heavy turnout in both Democratic and Republican primaries, with more than 30 percent of the electorate showing up at the polls - a number he said could climb even higher.

Read a full story on the Connecticut primary.

Read a full story on the Massachusetts primary.

-- From Associated Press reports

Posted by Jack Perry  at 1:25 PM | Permalink

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