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Early Work By Election Staff Pays Off At Baltimore IT Academy

WYPR - 88.1 FM Baltimore | By Bret Jaspers,
Julian Sadur, Maureen Harvie
Published June 24, 2014 at 3:28 PM EDT

Very early today, election workers showed up at polls across Maryland to hang signs, connect poll books and open voting machines. WYPR's Julian Sadur visited the Baltimore IT Academy in Wilson Park, where despite extra work because of an added precinct, staff worked quickly and efficiently and polls opened promptly at 7 a.m.

Also: WYPR's Maureen Harvie and Bret Jaspers arrived early to talk to poll workers as they set up for the day. One election judge said that she got involved after being "one of those people in the line that was waiting and waiting and they were not opening on time." Listen to the story below:

Signs were also placed in the hallways to help voters find their way.
Julian Sadur /
Signs were also placed in the hallways to help voters find their way.
Poll workers unpack voting signs.
Julian Sadur /
Poll workers unpack voting signs.
Voting machines ready to be opened.
Julian Sadur /
Voting machines ready to be opened.
Voting machines are set up the night before, and opened in the morning.
Julian Sadur /
Voting machines are set up the night before, and opened in the morning.
Election Technician Tommy Cozart makes a final inspection on a voting machine.
Julian Sadur /
Election Technician Tommy Cozart makes a final inspection on a voting machine.
Election Technicians Tommy Cozart and Nykia Jackson connect poll books.
Julian Sadur /
Election Technicians Tommy Cozart and Nykia Jackson connect poll books.
Judges use poll books to verify that voters are in the correct precinct.
Julian Sadur /
Judges use poll books to verify that voters are in the correct precinct.
Voters arrive.
Julian Sadur /
Voters arrive.
Two of the first voters at the polls at the Baltimore IT Academy.
Julian Sadur /
Two of the first voters at the polls at the Baltimore IT Academy.
Two area residents share a moment after they cast their votes.
Julian Sadur /
Two area residents share a moment after they cast their votes.

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Bret Jaspers
Bret Jaspers is a reporter for KERA. His stories have aired nationally on the BBC, NPR’s newsmagazines, and APM’s Marketplace. He collaborated on the series Cash Flows, which won a 2020 Sigma Delta Chi award for Radio Investigative Reporting. He's a member of Actors' Equity, the professional stage actors union.
Julian Sadur
Maureen Harvie
Maureen Harvie is Senior Supervising Producer for On the Record. She is a graduate of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and joined WYPR in 2014 as an intern for the newsroom. Whether coordinating live election night coverage, capturing the sounds of a roller derby scrimmage, interviewing veterans, or booking local authors, she is always on the lookout for the next story.
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