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AUDIO Voter Turnout Delays Results
 11/3/2009 11:45:50 PM  |  Marcy Pappafava, Aaron Coleman, AkronNewsNow.com

Voter turnout in Summit County far exceeded expectations and slowed down the process of tabulating results.



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Summit County Board of Elections Director Marijean Donofrio says they didn't think so many people would cast ballots in an off year.

"Little did we know that possibly Issue 3 or everything else, the local issues and everything else would generate the turnout.  I think the weather had a lot to do with it" says Donofrio.  

 
Booth workers, she says, got bombarded at around 4:00 p.m. and started requesting more ballots.  Donofrio says they just couldn't keep up.  The ballot on demand printers have been churning for hours.

She says it took a half and hour to print 100 ballots so it took a while to finish the job.  

Tallmadge, Twinsburg, Northfield Center Township, Norton, Green and New Franklin all called for more.

As for absentee ballots, Donofrio says the board received 16, 693.



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