Voters in Missouri are preparing to head for the polls Tuesday in what’s expected to be a record turnout for the state’s presidential primary.Voting machines are in place at polling stations across Kansas City and are ready for the first voters to arrive at 6 a.m.The Kansas City Public Library’s Southeast Branch has its voting stations and padlocked ballot boxes in place for workers to flip the switches early Tuesday.“We keep everything safe and secure and under a guarded eye until it’s actually time for them to turn on the actual machines,” said Courtney Lewis of the Kansas City Public Library.Library’s branches have been used as polling stations for years.Missouri election officials said they expect a record turnout to vote in both the Democratic and Republican primaries, but with just one issue on the ballot, they also expect voters to move quickly through the process.“This has been an incredibly contentious presidential election and we’re not even out of the primaries yet, so we do expect higher-than-normal turnout,” said Lewis.The polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.If the polling place is a library, the polls will be open early, but the library will operate under normal hours.

Voters in Missouri are preparing to head for the polls Tuesday in what’s expected to be a record turnout for the state’s presidential primary.

Voting machines are in place at polling stations across Kansas City and are ready for the first voters to arrive at 6 a.m.


The Kansas City Public Library’s Southeast Branch has its voting stations and padlocked ballot boxes in place for workers to flip the switches early Tuesday.

“We keep everything safe and secure and under a guarded eye until it’s actually time for them to turn on the actual machines,” said Courtney Lewis of the Kansas City Public Library.

Library’s branches have been used as polling stations for years.

Missouri election officials said they expect a record turnout to vote in both the Democratic and Republican primaries, but with just one issue on the ballot, they also expect voters to move quickly through the process.

“This has been an incredibly contentious presidential election and we’re not even out of the primaries yet, so we do expect higher-than-normal turnout,” said Lewis.

The polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.



If the polling place is a library, the polls will be open early, but the library will operate under normal hours.