8:15 am, West Stockbridge, about 75 votes tallied
At 8:15 am, more than 130 voters had already come through the West Stockbridge polling station in Town Hall, and I caught the Turner family taking a quick “We voted!” selfie before scooting to to get their two kids to school.
10 am, Housatonic, about 180 votes tallied
At the Housy Dome polling station at 10 am an election worker was patiently reading the long, three page ballot to an elderly voter, question by question.
Sarah Dixon knew she had to vote, because her mom is one of the officials working the polls.
12 noon, Stockbridge, 767 votes total tallied, including write-ins
Natalie Tublitz said she felt “sad” about voting today, and was crossing her fingers that Democrats (she didn’t identify the party by name) swept the races across the country.
12:30, Monterey, the old wooden, hand-cranked machine registered 149 voters, and election commissioner Aldeth Lewin said there had been another 200 write-ins
On her way out Ilene Marcus said she’d followed Erik Bruun’s ballot recommendations as published on the Village Green as she exited the Monterey Town Hall.
1:15, Sheffield, 763 early votes, 472 recorded on the machine.
Nicole Parker, Sheffield Administrative Assistant, said she hoped to be in bed by midnight if all goes well.
She and Joyce agree that Election Day is “like Christmas for clerks.” They’ve been working for months to ensure the day goes smoothly.
4 pm, Great Barrington Fire Station.
1876 votes counted, including the write-ins they were processing in real time.
Mike Brooks was voting for the first time in Massachusetts.