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Signs helped direct long lines of students to the polling places at the HUB-Robeson Center on the University Park campus. Turnout among the student voters was high.
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The line of students waiting to vote at the HUB-Robeson Center on Penn State's University Park campus stretched as far as the eye could see this morning (Nov. 2). Voter turnout on the campus is very high.
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Matt Herdman, a junior math education major, passed out slips of paper with a hot-line number to help students with voting questions. Some five precincts of student voters went to Heritage Hall at HUB-Robeson Center to cast ballots.
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Students practiced using a punch-card system at a learning station before going into their polling place.
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Michelle Singleton, a junior majoring in history and anthropology, had just voted and was showing others how the punch-card system worked. It was her first presidential election.
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With 579 students casting ballots by 10:30 a.m., poll workers predicted a very busy day.
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Evan Miller, clerk of elections, directs a voter to the correct polling place. About 85 percent of election workers at the HUB-Robeson Center were students, poll-watchers said.
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Students said the average wait in line before voting was about 30 minutes.
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The hall was set up with about two dozen voting booths to handle the crowd of students.
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Election workers said they had students waiting to vote outside the locked doors before the polling place opened at 7 a.m.
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Jennifer Domagal, a doctoral student at Penn State, was one of the many poll watchers taking part in the proceedings.
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Poll watcher Ted Johannssen directed junior Kevin Colliso toward the correct entrance.
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Students watched the televised news at the HUB to keep up with the latest election reports.
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Sandy Petrulionis, associate professor of English and coordinator of Penn State Altoona's voter registration program, explains the voting process to a student. While there are no polling places on the campus, Penn State Altoona provided free bus transportation to the polls. For details, check live.psu.edu/story/8791
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Students board a shuttle to vote. Penn State Altoona and Amtran co-sponsored a shuttle that provided free bus service throughout the day to the voting polls located near the campus.
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Amtran's free shuttle bus took students to one of three voting polls located near Penn State Altoona.
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Students look over sample ballots so they will know what to expect once they reach the polls.
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Penn State Altoona students pack into Wehnwood United Methodist Church, which is one of the three polling locations located close to campus.
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