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Anticipating crowds for the presidential election, the York County elections director assigned additional poll workers to voting stations throughout the county.
Those concerns proved well founded, Suchanic said.
Last year, about 197,000 York County's registered voters came out to the polls on Nov. 4.
Tomorrow, Suchanic said, her office is expecting closer to 52,800 registered voters.
There are about 264,000 registered voters in York County.
"It will probably be a light turnout compared to last November," she said.
Today's elections are for judges and municipal offices, which typically don't attract the same voter response of presidential elections.
However, that doesn't mean that Suchanic and her staff have been sitting around idle.
Suchanic said her staff fielded many phone calls Monday. The calls tended to be from voters wanting to confirm their registration or the location of their local polling place.
Other calls were from candidates wanting to know information such as how close they could get to the polling site in order to talk to voters. The answer: 10 feet.
Voting machines went out to the last of 159 polling places in York County on Monday. Terry Grothe of Chanceford Township delivered two to the York Art Association, or Springettsbury Township No. 5 polling place, on Monday.
Grothe has been setting up polling places for 14 years. He said the job's
"I don't miss them a bit," Grothe said.
Despite the relatively low expected turnout, each designated polling place must have a machine and three people who are elected to their positions: the judge of elections, majority inspector and minority inspector. In addition, a crew of election clerks and machine inspectors will make the rounds, ensuring that everything functions properly.
Suchanic said the flu hasn't created any staffing problems. Part of a judge of elections' responsibility is to have some poll workers in reserve, she said.
"No matter what the turnout is, we're going to open all 159 polling places," Suchanic said.
ABOUT VOTING
Q: How do I find out if I'm registered to vote?
A: Call the York County Office of Elections/Voter Registration at 771-9604
Q: Where can I get a list of polling places?
A: Go to www.york-county.org. Under "select a department," scroll down to "Elections/Voter Registration." Click on "polling places." Call the office at the above number if you need to find out your district, ward or precinct.
Q: How do I work at the polls?
A: Go to the Office of Elections/Voter Registration Web site. Under the "forms" section, download a "We Need You!" form. Send the completed form to:
York County Office of Elections/Voter Registration
28 E. Market St.
York, Pa. 17401
Your name will be placed on a list of available workers for your polling place. If an opening occurs for a worker at your polling place, you will be notified.
Source: York County Office of Elections/Voter Registration
