Election day update, 11:15 a.mn

Pollsters say the young vote is leaning toward Barack Obama. At Ward 8 in Columbia, they also appear to be leaning toward sleeping late.

As of 11:15 a.m., about 100 people had voted at the Swinton Center on Benedict College’s campus. That’s a much smaller percentage of registered voters than have turned out a few miles away at Greenview Park. Poll workers said it’s not unusual for the college kids to vote later than residential voters.

The turnout so far had about as many men as women. As might be expected, it has been mostly African American and mostly young.

_ Marjorie Riddle