Harrison Thorp
Monday, June 10, 2013 9:48 am
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Election Day officials and candidates are keeping a wary eye on weather forecasts as heavy rain and the potential for localized flooding is predicted tomorrow on Election Day.
The storms, which have nothing to do with Tropical Storm Andrea, are moving from southwest to northeast, according to the National Weather Service in Gray.
The volatile weather pattern will “spread rain from southwest to northeast across the region late today and tonight … and stall over the region Tuesday and Tuesday night.”
One to two inches or more is expected, the forecast service says.
Lebanon Town clerk Laura Bragg said today voter turnouts usually average around 1,000, but with rainy weather predicted the numbers could be much lower.
She said she’s seen as little as 800 voters turn out for the June ballot and town elections.