4:51 PM PT: According to the Watauga County Elections Director, more than 700 people voted at the Plemmons Student Union on the campus of ASU today, the largest turnout of all the early sites:
Plemmons Student Union at ASU – more than 700 early voters
Blowing Rock Town Hall – 78 early voters
Meat Camp VFD – 39 early voters
Deep Gap VFD – 37 early voters
Western Watauga Community Center – approximately 60 early voters
Watauga County Administration Building in downtown Boone – 591 early voters
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Go students, keep on trucking, your future so depends upon your participation.
With a legal decision coming down to the wire yesterday Appalachian State University students are voting in large numbers today.
Victory is sweet in Watauga County!
It's my precinct, too, and I couldn't wait to get a photo of this historic day, so I went to vote.
Loved hearing the conversations the students and citizens were having in line, "They [Republicans] don't want us to vote, guess what, that's why I'm here," a young woman said as she passed out yellow ballot assist sheets. I smiled in knowing that the yellow sheets are our Democratic sample ballot.
Later as the line moved forward, a grey haired lady pointed to the 2016 sign and said,"What's wrong with that, (pause) It doesn't have student IDs on it, does it?"
This sign got laughs.
For those not familiar with the back story of Republican voter suppression in North Carolina click here http://www.wral.com/... and here http://www.dailykos.com/...
A beautiful day, seeing students vote; one young man told me it was his first time voting. I pulled a yellow slip from my pocket and responded, "Yes it is and yellow is a beautiful color." Many overheard me and the line almost applauded.
Thanks again to the Plantiffs from our county who had the courage and dedication to fight for our students right to vote.