Voters arrive at the Liberal Arts Campus located at building T to cast their vote when the early election polls opened on Oct. 24th.
Long Beach City College is once again a spot to vote along with other locations to cast in and drop off the mail-in ballot to decide who will be president of the United States including state and local measures included.
The voters have two options, to vote in person or drop off their vote by mail ballot for a faster casting without waiting in line.
The Registrar Leader Kristi Mccoy saw more voters and more people arriving to vote in person than the previous elections she had worked on.
“It is my first time seeing this many voters with their ballot and they’ve been waiting since we opened the doors,” Mccoy said.
Marcia Estes has been voting for 37 years and arrived to vote in person due to multiple reports that got her attention to vote in person rather than by mail.
“It seems sketchy with reports of ballot boxes on fire and fake ballots going around. Especially the nearest drop off box which is open and alone at the park that was available to me,” Estes said.
Darrden Alexander has been voting for 32 years and hasn’t missed an election, citywide or nationally and he wanted his ballot counted with the hope of seeing change on election day.
“In California, and nationally I like to see the dog whistle put away and see that someone is for everyone,” Alexander said.
Former LBCC student Shanon Ruis, who majored in nursing, has voted since the age of 18 and believes it’s better to vote in person than by mail.
“It’s better to vote in person than by mail. It’s like getting a package that was supposed to arrive in 2 or 4 days but it took 6 weeks to arrive,” Ruis said.
Ruis made her vote count as she voted for democratic candidate Joe Biden, who she later called the “G.O.A.T.”
“I have voted for Biden and Harris and I believe they do a better job on everything they do,” Ruis said.
Voters who voted in person and have the mail in ballot have the option to surrender the ballot or keep the ballot according to McCoy.
