Election Day: August 2011
In what’s become an election day ritual, The Chronicle will be spending much of the day visiting polling places throughout the city.
For this year’s city council Democratic primary, we’ll be visiting Wards 2, 3 and 5. Only those three of the city’s five wards are contested this year among Democrats. No wards have more than one Republican on the ballot.
Polls are open today from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m.
To find your polling place, type in an address on the My Property page of the city of Ann Arbor’s website, and click on the Voter tab.
If you’re still researching the candidates, check out Chronicle coverage of the Democratic city council primary campaigns.
And we’re off – check back throughout the day for updates.
7:20 a.m. Ward 5, Precinct 6 (Eberwhite Elementary School, 800 Soule Blvd.): Met Chronicle commenter DrData face-to-face leaving the polls. Even after chatting, allowing more time for additional voters, DrData remained only the second voter. Poll workers noted that only a couple dozen absentee ballots had been marked in their voter books. The absentee ballots will be counted separately in this election, instead of distributed to the precincts to be run through with the ballots marked at the polls. It’s already plenty stuffy in here in the gym. Poll workers brought fans. [Full Story]