Early voters show up in Lorain County ahead of predicted 'record-breaking' turnout

Eleven days out from the general election, early voters are showing up in places like Lorain County, election officials are predicting "record-breaking" voter turnout.

On Friday, signs and supporters tried to get out their last-minute pitches to voters as they made their way to the line stretching outside of the Lorain County Board of Elections Office.

"Obviously the first thing is the presidential race. That always brings a large number of people," Director Paul Adams said. "But I expect next week, we probably will break records."

Adams, who also serves president of the Ohio Association of Election Officials, says his team is currently seeing about 2,000 voters a day in Lorain, and they expect to be in record-breaking territory next week. The top race on the minds of voters that 3News spoke to was the race for the White House.

"The president of the United States," David, who came to vote early for Donald Trump, said. "I have kids, I have grandkids, I have all these family members that I've got to leave a free country to, and we're not going to leave a free country to these Democrats."

"He's a convicted felon. We need to be done. I don't want to hear his name again. I don't," Melanie Schank, a Kamala Harris supported, countered of Trump. "Most important election of my life and I voted blue all the way — for my daughter, for all the women in this country, for myself. There's no other choice."

Matt Rascon reports. --

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