After beautiful weather throughout the early voting period, the Houston area has had severe thunderstorms since yesterday. It didn't rain all day everywhere, but it did rain a lot, and it was pretty heavy at times. If we get anything like that today, you can kiss those rosy 60% turnout projections goodbye. Let's hope the storms pass quickly so people can get to the polls without difficulty.
Posted by Charles Kuffner on November 02, 2004 to Election 2004 | TrackBackRain or no rain, if my precinct is any indication, turnout is going to be huge. Normally there are about 20 people at polls when they open, but th1s morning I was about 70 people deep in line when voting opened. And about 40% of the people on the sign-in page for the voter rolls were marked with EV for early voters.
Posted by: Patrick on November 2, 2004 8:50 AM
If they're already lining up, weather will not be a big issue. If anything, it's supposed to start drying up 'round these parts after noon.