Slow Election Day in Jefferson

With no local races for Jefferson Township residents to vote on, turnout at the polls was slow on Election Day.

As of about 5 p.m., the polls at had seen only about 340 voters. The busiest time, according to poll worker Lisa Swerzenski, was during the post-work hour, when a “crowd” of seven people at the same time was on hand to wait their turn at the six available voting booths.

Lack of voters made for a somewhat slow day for poll workers.

“It’s much slower when there’s nothing local to vote on,” Swerzenski said.

The poll workers, who work a 15-hour day with a one-hour lunch break, keep themselves busy by “trying to be as helpful as possible,” Swerzenski said.

“We give people directions, tell them what table they belong at based on where they live.”