With Democratic candidates and Republican candidates running full slates this presidential election year, the registrars of voters in Manchester resolved not to let lines back up voting for more than an hour again.
"We'd make every effort we can to try to get people in and out of the voting place in hopefully 20, no longer than 20 to 30 minutes," Tim Becker, the Republican registrar of voters, said.
On the town government website people can apply to be election poll workers. The registrars’ office needs another 20 to 25 people to handle each ballot properly as greeters, official ID checkers, ballot distributors and tabulator tenders.
"Anybody who has their ballot rejected out of the machine - those people need to be assisted," Becker said.
The Democratic registrar of voters, Jim Stevenson, wasn't available to be interviewed, but he also expects a high turnout.
Some of the poll workers will work at the senior citizens center, which will be particularly busy because it's where Manchester residents can register and vote in the same trip on Election Day.
"Our experience on voting in 2012 when if you weren't registered you could still vote for president was the town clerk had over 1,000 people," Becker said.
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Even 16 and 17 year olds can help the lines go away because there's no school Election Day in Manchester.
