‘Pretty Good’ Turnout So Far at Hingham Polls

Town Clerk Eilleen McCracken said the Hingham voter turnout on Tuesday morning was “pretty good” for the Special State Senate Election between Edward Markey and Garbriel Gomez.

Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin predicted  the turnout would be a record low, but Bob Keyes, who works at Precincts 1-4 in Hingham said he has seen evidence to dispute it.

At 9:30 a.m., McCracken said the turnout was already 6.8 percent, which she considered “pretty good.” 

She was unable to predict how many people would come out to the polls today, but did say the election seemed to spark little interest from people around town.

Officials from Edward Markey’s campaign team did check out precinct 3 to see how many ballots have been cast, according to the Hingham Town Clerk.  Keyes said if there is a low number of voters, the officials will start to call houses.

At Linden Ponds there was a strong turnout as 520 residents had already voted by 2 p.m.

Outside of Hingham High School, where campaigners usually wave at cars during elections, only one Markey sign was being held.  No Gomez signs were present.