Long lines, high voter turnout in Maine [Video]

Many Mainers stood in long lines to cast their votes for president Tuesday, including in Windham.”Yesterday went well; it was really busy,” Town Clerk Linda Morrell said.She added that members of her community really like to get out and vote. Four years ago, 11,600 people voted in the general election in Windham. On Tuesday, 11,595 voted.She said it wasn’t voter turnout but instead the 17-inch long ballots. “When each voter has three ballots to put through, it takes a little bit of time,” Morrell said.Windham wasn’t the only place that saw these long lines. In Lisbon, people were in line for more than an hour after the polls closed just to cast their ballots. In Readfield, the tabulators went down twice. Maine’s Total Coverage asked Secretary of State Shenna Bellows if this means the state needs to modernize elections.”I’ve already modernized our elections in a couple key ways,” Bellows said.She …