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7:13 pm - November 06, 2012 — Updated: 7:20 pm - November 06, 2012

Election day activity

<p>As residents make their way to vote Tuesday, Jerry Davis and other volunteers hold up signs in support of various candidates while standing across the street from a polling place at New St. Hurricane Missionary Baptist Church. (Special to The Commercial/William Harvey)</p>

As residents make their way to vote Tuesday, Jerry Davis and other volunteers hold up signs in support of various candidates while standing across the street from a polling place at New St. Hurricane Missionary Baptist Church. (Special to The Commercial/William Harvey)

<p>Signs for candidates in Pine Bluff area races were seen throughout the community leading up to election day Tuesday. Special to The Commercial/William Harvey</p>

Signs for candidates in Pine Bluff area races were seen throughout the community leading up to election day Tuesday. Special to The Commercial/William Harvey

<p>Jerry Davis and other volunteers hold up signs in support of various candidates while standing across the street from a polling place at New St. Hurricane Missionary Baptist Church Tuesday. (Special to The Commercial/William Harvey)</p>

Jerry Davis and other volunteers hold up signs in support of various candidates while standing across the street from a polling place at New St. Hurricane Missionary Baptist Church Tuesday. (Special to The Commercial/William Harvey)

More than 11,000 early voters turned out in Jefferson County during the weeks leading up to Tuesday’s general election.

On election day, some poll workers reported shorter lines, however some had at least a 45 minute wait.

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