NewsApril 11, 2010

Go behind the scenes with some of the 128 poll workers that helped make Tuesday, April 6 election happen.

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Precinct 2 poll volunteer Edna Ruth Fischer takes down the "vote here" sign as the polls close at 7p.m. Tuesday, April 6, 2010.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com Precinct 2 poll volunteer Edna Ruth Fischer takes down the "vote here" sign as the polls close at 7p.m. Tuesday, April 6, 2010.
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"I Voted" stickers wait to be placed on voters Tuesday, April 6, 2010.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com "I Voted" stickers wait to be placed on voters Tuesday, April 6, 2010.
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I.T. Director Eric McGowen, center, counts the votes from the secure memory cards from the Accu-Vote machines Tuesday, April 6, 2010 at the County Administrative Building in Jackson. Election supervisor Joey Keys watches McGowen from behind as Cain Harris waits for early results to be printed so he can run them to the Bond Issue waiting room.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com I.T. Director Eric McGowen, center, counts the votes from the secure memory cards from the Accu-Vote machines Tuesday, April 6, 2010 at the County Administrative Building in Jackson. Election supervisor Joey Keys watches McGowen from behind as Cain Harris waits for early results to be printed so he can run them to the Bond Issue waiting room.
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Supervisory judge Bill Port looks over a map of the Cape Girardeau precincts at City Hall in Cape Girardeau Tuesday, April 6, 2010.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com Supervisory judge Bill Port looks over a map of the Cape Girardeau precincts at City Hall in Cape Girardeau Tuesday, April 6, 2010.
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Supervisory judges Cardyn Goodin, left, and Dolly Jewel close down the Accu-Vote machine at precint 2 in Cape Girardeau Tuesday, April 6 ,2010. Once they have the machine closed out, the two supervisory judges will then take the tape tally and ballots to the County Administrative Building in Jackson.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com Supervisory judges Cardyn Goodin, left, and Dolly Jewel close down the Accu-Vote machine at precint 2 in Cape Girardeau Tuesday, April 6 ,2010. Once they have the machine closed out, the two supervisory judges will then take the tape tally and ballots to the County Administrative Building in Jackson.
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Vera Sterling listens to her fellow poll workers at precinct 12, House of Hope, in Cape Girardeau Tuesday, April 6, 2010.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com Vera Sterling listens to her fellow poll workers at precinct 12, House of Hope, in Cape Girardeau Tuesday, April 6, 2010.
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From left, Mary Jackson, Jean Hogan, and Geneva Robinson share a laugh with two hours to go on election day April 6, 2010 at the precinct 12 polling center in Cape Girardeau.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com From left, Mary Jackson, Jean Hogan, and Geneva Robinson share a laugh with two hours to go on election day April 6, 2010 at the precinct 12 polling center in Cape Girardeau.
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Iris Likens tallies the voters at precinct 2 in Cape Girardeau after the polls close at 7p.m. Tuesday, April 6, 2010. Precinct 2 had 727 voters turn out Tuesday.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com Iris Likens tallies the voters at precinct 2 in Cape Girardeau after the polls close at 7p.m. Tuesday, April 6, 2010. Precinct 2 had 727 voters turn out Tuesday.
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Sherri Lomedico, left, and Sharon Schuessler process ballots dropped off by supervisory judges at the County Administrative Building in Jackson Tuesday, April 6, 2010.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com Sherri Lomedico, left, and Sharon Schuessler process ballots dropped off by supervisory judges at the County Administrative Building in Jackson Tuesday, April 6, 2010.
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Jason Longwith signs his name in the voter log Tuesday, April 6, 2010 at precinct 9, Cape Church of Christ, in Cape Girardeau. Poll workers from right to left, Bernice Campbell, Pat Wells, and April Johnson.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com Jason Longwith signs his name in the voter log Tuesday, April 6, 2010 at precinct 9, Cape Church of Christ, in Cape Girardeau. Poll workers from right to left, Bernice Campbell, Pat Wells, and April Johnson.
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