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WEBVTT SEEING FAIRLY SMOOTH SAILING, OTHERS HAVE HAD SOME ISSUES. WMUR'S RAY BREWER JOINS US LIVE IN MANCHESTER WITH THE LATEST. RAY: IF YOU ARE WITH US THIS MORNING YOU SAW THE LINES STRETCH OUT THE DOOR. NOW IT IS A DIFFERENT SITUATION, NO WAITING AT ALL. BUT THE MODERATORS SAY THINGS HAVE BEEN BUSY. ABOUT HALF OF REGISTERED VOTERS HAVE CAST BALLOTS SO FAR. IN ANOTHER WARD IN MANCHESTER THEY DID HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THEIR VOTING MACHINE. >> WE'RE NOT AN EARLY VOTING STATE. RAY: HOWEVER, ACROSS NEW HAMPSHIRE THE VOTERS WERE UP EARLY. MODERATORS WERE REPORTING LONG LINES, AND IN SOME CASES PROBLEMS. AT WARD TWO IN MANCHESTER, THE BALLOT MACHINE STOPPED WORKING, FORCING BALLOTS TO BE PLACED IN A CARDBOARD BOX, AND VOTERS QUESTIONING THE PROCEDURE. >> WE HAVE TO TRUST THAT YOU'RE GOING TO PUT THEM IN LATER AND OUR VOTE WILL COUNT. RAY: BY 9:00 IN THE MORNING, THE MACHINE WAS WORKING, AND POLL WORKERS WERE FEEDING THE BALLOTS INTO IT EVENTUALLY CATCHING UP. , IN NASHUA THE POLLS WERE ALSO PACKED, WHICH WAS GREAT FOR JAIMIE TEAGUE AND HER BAKE SALE. >> I GOT HERE AT 5:45 TO SET UP AND IT WAS ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE STREET. THIS IS THE SHORTEST IT HAS BEEN TODAY. RAY: THERE WERE TWO ISSUES ON ERIK FREDRICK'S MIND AS HE VOTED. >> IMMIGRATION, TAXATION. RAY: THE ECONOMY AND THE DIRECTION OF THE COUNTRY WERE ISSUES IMPORTANT TO GEORGE BRIZCKY, BUT IT WASN'T JUST ABOUT THE NATIONAL RACES. >> THE LOCAL ELECTIONS ESPECIALLY, WHERE WE ARE AT WITH OUR STATE REPS AND SENATE. RAY: AND THEN THERE IS CIVIC DUTY. >> IT'S SUCH A PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO VOTE EVEN IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE CANDIDATES RUNNING. IT'S IMPORTANT TO PICK ONE AND CAST A VOTE CAUSE IF YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO DO THAT IT WOULD BE TERRIBLE. RAY: TURNOUT COULD SET A RECORD TODAY. THE SECRETARY OF STATE BELIEVES THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FACTORS DRIVING THAT. >> THE ROLE THAT WE PLAY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS AND WE SEEM TO ALWAYS IN THE EN POTENTIALLY BE THE DECIDER RAY: AS YOU TAKE A LIVE LOOK AT THE POLLS, ONCE AGAIN AT WARD ONE IN MANCHESTER, MAKE SURE THAT WHEN YOU COME OUT TO VOTE YOU HAVE A PHOTO ID WITH YOU, AND YOU MIGHT WANT TO ALLOW FOR A LITTLE EXTRA TIME AS WELL. ALTHOUGH AS YOU CAN SEE, IF YOU ARE VOTING IN WARD 2 IN

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