Voting at the University of Alabama

Students from the University of Alabama went to the Student Recreation Center in a steady stream this morning to cast their votes. Three lines helped alphabetize the voters and sped up the sign-in process.

With ballot in hand, voters entered one of the seven booths available with red, white and blue curtains for privacy. Some voters used nearby tables and chairs to mark their ballots instead of waiting on a booth.

Most students seemed happy with their voting experience. Brittany Worthy, sophomore, said the volunteers were “friendly and glad to see us there.”

“It was not as long as I expected,” Alisha Linam, senior, said about the wait time. Several students reported getting through the lines in five to ten minutes.

Voting in her second Presidential Election, Elizabeth Laera, master’s student, approached this election as objectively as possible, without allowing biased opinions to effect her vote. To prepare she “stayed away from the debates and mainstream media. I checked the candidates’ official websites to see their stance on the issues.”