(1 Nov 2024)
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Doylestown, Pennsylvania – 1 November 2024
1. Woman running into Bucks County building in time for 5 p.m. deadline
2. Close of door closing
3. Various of voters waiting in line
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Nakesha McGuirk, Democrat voter: ++STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT++
“We’re in Doyles town. I’m here to vote. They’re allowing people to do their ballots today and drop them in, not necessarily as an early vote, but kind of like, as the more convenient mail in ballot. This line is pretty long. It looks like, you know, we have both Democrat and Republican voters. The work commute will be really long for the next couple of weeks so I figured that rather than run into the risk of not getting home in time to go and vote, that way, that it will be better to just do it this way early.”
5. Wide of line of voters
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Patrick Lonieski, Republican voter: ++STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT++
“Considering the process and people not trusting it in the past, it was a close election. And from what I understand, I think Bucks County was a pivotal area. And I think there might have been a difference of 4,000 votes four years ago. So I’m making sure I’m out here with my son getting our votes in.”
7. Various of voters in line
STORYLINE:
Voters in a bellwether suburban Philadelphia county courted heavily by the presidential candidates had their last chance Friday to apply for a mail-in ballot.
About 100 people were in line as of 4 p.m. at the county’s elections office in Doylestown, and reported that the process was taking about two hours.
One last straggler broke into a run to make it by the deadline as elections workers cheerfully counted down the seconds to 5 p.m.
The deadline to apply for a mail-in ballot has passed in Pennsylvania, the biggest, most vote-rich presidential battleground state this year and has by far the most visits by Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris.
But a Bucks County judge had ordered a three-day extension in response to a Trump campaign lawsuit alleging that voters faced disenfranchisement when they were turned away by county application-processing offices that had struggled to keep up with demand, leading to frustration and anger among voters.
AP video shot by Michael Rubinkam and Tassanee Vejpongsa
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