Long lines Monday

Among those waiting to vote absentee in person Monday at the county board office was Margaret Morrow, who was making her second attempt after encountering a long line there a few days earlier.

The line on Monday was only a little shorter — but it was moving at a brisk pace, and the sun was shining.

“I decided I’d wait until I felt like I could stand outside all day, and today was that day,” said Morrow, 72, a retired auto worker who lives in Florissant. “And I want to make sure I get my vote in, even if I have to stand all day.”

“If you don’t get out and vote, you can’t cry about what happens later.”

Morrow was among about 200 people in line to vote midday Monday. Nearly every person in the line, which wrapped around the corner of the building, was wearing a required protective face mask.

It took Ernestine Robertson about an hour to reach the doors. But Robertson, 68, of Creve Coeur, was only holding a friend’s place in line. After working an overnight shift, she had volunteered to drive him out to vote.

“I didn’t want anybody to feel like they couldn’t vote because of transportation problems or anything else,” said Robertson, a home care worker who was motivated this year to vote against Trump.

“I feel like this is one of the most unusual and important elections I’ve ever voted in — and it all has to do with who is in the White House,” she said.

Trevon Graves, 27, and Jessica Sterling, 32, of Maryland Heights, were shocked to see how long the line was when they arrived shortly before noon.