Local polling places are busy early

AUBURN - When Ann Landers arrived Tuesday morning at the polling place where she worked, something was waiting for her that she had never seen. Though the polls were opening at noon, eager voters were sitting in their cars by 11:30 a.m. outside of East Middle School in Auburn.

“They were lined up,” said Landers, who has worked at polls during elections for more than 30 years. “I have never, ever seen a primary like this. It is very exciting.”

With the presidential nomination for both the Democratic and Republican parties still wide open, millions of people in 24 states voted Tuesday in primary elections. Cayuga County residents joined the party, with reportedly high turnout and fewer polls than usual leading to some long lines for voters who showed up early.