Yale Daily News

Updated: Saturday, November 21, 2009 7:35 p.m.

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Voter participation high in Elm City

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Published Wednesday, November 5, 2008

New Haven radiated blue on Tuesday as Sen. Barack Obama claimed 88.5 percent of the vote and Sen. John McCain took 11.5 percent.

Throughout New Haven, enthusiasm for the election was high. People gathered at polling places before moderators arrived, and those who were unregistered lined up outside the aldermanic chambers in City Hall to cast provisional ballots for president. Connecticut voter turnout was predicted to reach 90 percent.

But this enthusiasm did not preclude Election Day glitches.

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