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Here on the East End, early voting opportunities seem to have paid off. Across the North Fork on Tuesday afternoon at lunchtime, there were no lines at any one of eight polling stations from Riverhead to Greenport visited by The Suffolk Times.
At Mattituck High School, greeter Chris Tuttle and voter John French said there had been only a trickle of voters all morning at the site.
“No lines, all day, from seven this morning,” Mr. French said.
Christine Kasminka of Cutchogue and Neal Hooper got in and out of the Cutchogue Elementary school gym/polling place quickly.
“I’m a newbie to the area. I live in Peconic, and I was surprised that the lines were so short. I guess the early voting and absentee voting helped out shortening the lines.”
Ms. Kasminka said that she’s rarely, if ever, waited on a line to vote.
“I’ve lived here 34 years, and every time I voted here, you walk in and you walk out,” she said. “That’s the beauty of living in the country.”