Edgecomb voters were lined up at the Town Office when the polls opened at 8 a.m. By 8:45 a.m., 50 people had cast their votes. By 1:30 p.m., more than 300 residents had visited the polls. Edgecomb voters who cast ballots said the presidential election was their primary reason for voting and also because it was a right and a civic duty to participate.

There are approximately 1,000 registered voters in Edgecomb. Town Clerk Claudia Coffin said the number of voters coming out for the 2012 election were similar to those of 2008 when approximately 800 residents made their opinion count.

Resident Jennifer Dorwart said the Presidential election and Question 1 were the top motivators for her. In fact, her first word were “Go Obama,” and “Go same sex marriage.” Dorwart said she hadn't always supported same-sex marriage but her opinion changed after a conversation with her daughter, Emily.

“We were just discussing it one day and I said if she was gay and getting married I wouldn't support it. And she said, 'You wouldn't support your daughter getting married? You wouldn't come to my wedding?'And that changed my whole opinion,” Dorwart said. “I'll always go on the side of love and commitment. Always.”

Sarah Powers was driven to the polls to vote on the presidency and Question 1.

“I always vote,” she said. “I do because I want the guy I want to get in!”

Brant Perkins, a new Edgecomb resident echoed many others when he said voting was a civic duty.

“I always vote. Today I don't like the direction this country is going in. And the media are not as unbiased as they should be. I read somewhere that at one poll someone had painted a mural of Obama on a wall there; does that seem right?” Perkins said.

Perkins was also tired of same sex marriage being continually brought to the people for a vote.

“Every time it has come up, the people vote it down. How many times do we have to vote on the same issue?”

Bob Johnson is a veteran of the Korean War and spent 28 years in the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. Johnson believes every American should vote.

“I've voted in every election since Eisenhower. Voting is a privilege and a necessity for every American. There is no other country where you have this opportunity that we do.”