Posted on 11/05/2024 12:35:11 PM PST by TigerClaws
BETHLEHEM, Pa. — When Nate Bowers went to vote at Banana Factory Arts Center midday Tuesday, he struggled to find the end of the voting line, which wrapped around the Bethlehem polling location.
“I was surprised,” said Bowers, 19, a computer science student at Lehigh University.
“Every time I turned a corner there was just another entire block of [the] line. But I have to fulfill my civic duty. I have to vote no matter how long it takes.”
In a scene that was playing out Tuesday across the Lehigh Valley — and perhaps the nation — voters waited hours in line to enter the South Bethlehem polling place and cast their ballots.
The wait by early afternoon was an estimated three to four hours.
City Councilwoman Hillary Kwiatek said on social media that more voting machines were being added to help accommodate the crush.
Lehigh students at Banana Factory polling place on Election Day 2024
Brendan Xanthos, 19, joined the end of the line behind Bowers just before noon.
Because of the length of the line, Xanthos said he was debating whether to leave and come back later in the day.
A Lehigh engineering student, he said he wasn’t looking forward to the wait and didn’t get to eat before coming out.
Both Xanthos and Bowers said they still were deciding who to vote for while in line.
“Every time I turned a corner there was just another entire block of [the] line. But I have to fulfill my civic duty. I have to vote no matter how long it takes.”
Nate Bowers, 19, student at Lehigh University
Bowers said he’s a registered Democrat but still was unsure whether he’d vote for Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris or Republican former President Donald Trump.
“I got a long line,” Bowers said. “Maybe I’ll do some research.”
Xanthos said he’s leaning more toward one candidate but declined to share who. He said abortion and the economy are top issues for him.
Hundreds stood in a line that went for blocks around the Banana Factory, 25 W. Third St. Many were Lehigh students, who didn’t have classes Tuesday.
Sarah Morgan, 19, got in line at 8:50 a.m. She and her roommates were just nearing the front doors at 11:30 a.m.
Morgan, a psychology and global studies major at Lehigh, is originally from Florida but decided to vote in Pennsylvania because of its importance in the presidential election.
“I decided to vote here because I figured it was more important,” she said. “It’s the biggest swing state, so it feels like my vote has a lot more meaning here.”
To the Patriots voting for Trump and America - Thank you for hanging in there!
All those women voting for Harris will be glad if she wins so that when they get raped by illegal aliens, they will be able to get abortions.
This is the mindset of woke liberal “women”.
I have been disenfranchised. I should also be able to vote in a swing state.
Yes, that was sarcasm. But its also true.
The student is in line to vote but does not who he’s voting for so he going to do “research”. We are doomed.
UNDECIDED VOTER = RETARDED VOTER
Stay in line, if you leave a democrat will move up in the line
^^^ THIS ^^^
Cross your fingers, hold your nose, do whatever it takes to cast your vote (after making an INFORMED decision).
“’I was surprised,’ said Bowers, 19...”
I’m pretty sure a LOT surprises this ‘Skull Full of Mush.’
(Miss You, Rush! Every. Damn. Day!)
Missouri went all in for early voting this year. People waited in lines for two to three hours to vote. I figured with all these early voters, there would not be very many voters on election day. It turns out I was right. No waiting. My wife and I were in and out of there in less than 15 minutes.
Not good, as students are voting for Commie-La.
A lot of people just don’t want to say who they’re voting for. I wouldn’t discuss it with anyone, especially not any kind of reporter.
If you vote in a state, I assume your residence is now in that state. PA should be looking for a tax return to be filed. Florida = no income tax, PA = income tax.
There’s another article on how parents are using miles to FLY their kids home from school just to vote. All Democrats.
My family just got back from voting and there was no line, here in Woodstock, GA.
We go between lunch and after work hours, for just that reason.
Just to let everyone know, we feel like we just pushed President Trump and Vice President Vance over the top. You can thank us tomorrow or maybe in December, depending on your location. 🤪
Do research on election day? Idiot.
No wonder computer programmers suck.
agreed.
Well...if they happen to come across here: Kamala Harris prosecuted single mother due to daughter's hospitalization for illness for "truancy" (video)
That should be about all you need.
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