Heavy turnout reported in Allentown area

11:00 a.m.: A report from Toomey Country: The Morning Call in Allentown is reporting voter turnout in the Lehigh Valley is higher than normal, shocking some poll workers.


Here's what they had to say:


Voter turnout is reportedly higher than normal, shocking polls workers across the Lehigh Valley area who were not expecting much interest in races for key positions like senator in Washington, D.C., and governor in Harrisburg.


In Allentown's mostly Democratic 7th Ward, Gus Kruz, the judge of elections, was seeing high interest in voting already a few minutes after polls opened at 7 a.m. 


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