A Trickle of a Primary

by: Thurman Hart

Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 03:55:44 PM EDT

Voting in the primary election today got off to a slow start in some New Jersey polling places despite some races that were expected to be competitive.

At one district voting at Cherry Hill West High School, there were only two voters in nearly two hours, leaving poll workers to chat and work on crossword puzzles as they waited for more.

Meanwhile, in Monmouth County's Ocean Township, only 29 of the nearly 900 registered voters in one district had voted by midday.

Turnout in New Jersey's primaries held in early June has hovered around 10 percent for the last several years.

Will we make ten percent?  Small voting pools mean each voter has even more power than in regular elections - so thank God we are being protected from dishonest homeless people.