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22 NEWS'S STORM TEAM
METEOROLOGIST NICK BANNON
EXPLAINS.
WHILE MANY REWARD EARLY
VOTING AS A PRIVILEGE, IF THE
WEATHER TURNS NASTY, SOME PEOPLE
CHOOSE THEIR RIGHT TO ACTUALLY
NOT VOTE.
NOW TODAY'S WEATHER PROVIDED NO
EXCUSES TO MISS OUT ON THE
POLITICAL PROCESS.
THE GORGEOUS SUNSHINE, EVEN WITH
COLD TEMPERATURES BROUGHT PEOPLE
OUT IN CHICOPEE AT THE NINTH OF
COLUMBUS POLLING SITE.
PEOPLE WE SPOKE WITH HAVE
DIFFERENT LEVELS OF COMMITMENT
WHEN IT COMES TO WEATHER AND
VOTING.
ICY, WE HAD ONE HERE THAT WAS
VERY ICY AND I WOULDN'T GO OUT.
IF IT'S BAD WEATHER, PEOPLE
DON'T WANT TO GO OUT.
BUT TODAY'S A GORGEOUS DAY, SO
EVERYBODY SHOULD BE HERE VOTING.
I THINK YOU SHOULD VOTE, NO
MATTER WHAT.
YOU KNOW, YOU ESTABLISH AND MAKE
THE GOVERNMENT, WHY NOT?
HERE.
NOW WHILE IT WAS SUNNY TODAY,
IT WAS A VERY COLD START FOR THE
EARLY MORNING VOTERRERS.
CHICOPEE DROPPED TO 15 DEGREES.
WHILE WEATHER WASN'T AN ISSUE
HERE IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS,
PARTS OF FLORIDA, EASTERN
CAROLINAS AND UPPER MIDWEST HAD
WET WEATHER TO DEAL WITH.