SYRACUSE, N.Y. (NCC NEWS) — As voters file in and out of polling places on Election Day in Syracuse, nearly 1,000 volunteers across the city are working the polls.
Among them is Harry Thompson, who spent almost a decade working polls in New York City. He said in smaller cities like Syracuse, elections mean a little bit more.
“Here, it’s more of a community thing,” Thompson said. “If it’s important to this community, then they begin to vote. The bigger the election is, the more they vote.”
It’s convenient for students to go out and vote, Thompson said.
“I’m seeing that the students want to come and talk about a lot of issues,” Thompson said. “It’s convenient for us to share some of their issues that they’re facing.”
Syracuse resident Lucas Brey, who cast his ballot at the Huntington Hall polling place on the SU campus, agreed.
“If you want to change how things are across the country, it starts with your own community,” Brey said. “I think Syracuse is like a lot of other communities, where people are feeling like we want to change stuff as a whole. That starts with your county legislator and your mayor, because they’re the tie from your community to the federal government.”
Polls in Syracuse close at 9 p.m.
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