UPDATED: Election Day 2012 in Ledyard

Updated 6:30 p.m. 1,830 or 75 percent of registered voters in district 2 and 1,013 or 67 percent of registered voters in district 3 have voted.

Updated 1 p.m.

Voter turnout has been very good, according to moderators at the Juliet W. Long Elementary School. So far, 1,014 ballots have been cast in district 2 and 609 have been cast in district 3.

Updated 10 a.m.

Residents and voters are busily filling the queues at Ledyard's two polling places Tuesday. District 1 had more than 1,000 ballots cast by 10 a.m. and districts 2 and three had close to that.

One election moderator said there will be no knitting or reading today as she stood by a line that winded back through the entrance and down the sidewalk at Ledyard Center School.

"We've been going very busily," said Republican Registrar Nancy Lozier. "We've been very very busy."

Moderators and poll attendants are working their fastests but voters should be ready to wait in line this election.

Published 5:45 a.m.

Good morning, and welcome to Election Day 2012!

Today, Ledyard and Gales Ferry residents go to the polls to choose a president, a U.S. Senator, a U.S. Representative from the District, a state Senator from the 19th District and state Representatives from the 40th and the 42nd District.

See below for information on where to go to cast your ballot and the list of candidates. We've also included how Ledyard voted in 2008, the year of the last presidential election, and in 2010, the last mid-term election.

Read it over, then visit your local polling station between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. to make your voice heard! And be sure to check back with Patch for updates throughout the day, including the announcement of the winners as soon as votes are tallied.

Ledyard Polling Stations

• District #1: Ledyard Center School, 740 Colonel Ledyard Highway
• Districts #2 & 3: Juliet W. Long School, 1854 Route 12

How Ledyard Voted in 2008 (83.7% Turnout)

(D=Democrat; R=Republican; G=Green; I=Independent; WF=Working Families; CL=Connecticut for Lieberman)

PRESIDENT

• Obama-Biden (D) — 3,978 votes
• McCain-Palin (R) — 3,549 votes
• Nader-Gonzalez (I) – 70
• Baldwin-Castle – 7

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 2nd DISTRICT

• Joe Courtney (D) — 4,103 votes
• Sean Sullivan (R) — 2,804 votes

19th SENATE DISTRICT

• Edith Prague (D) — 5,269 votes

42nd ASSEMBLY DISTRICT

• Tom Reynolds (D) — 4,271 votes

How Ledyard Voted in 2010 (57.6% Turnout)

(D=Democrat; R=Republican; G=Green; I=Independent; WF=Working Families; CL=Connecticut for Lieberman; SA=Socialist Action)

U.S. SENATE

• Richard Blumenthal (D) — 2,606 votes
• Linda McMahon (R) — 2,214 votes

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 2nd DISTRICT

• Joe Courtney (D) — 3,045 votes
• Janet Peckinpaugh (R) — 1,812 votes
• G. Scott Deshefy (G) – 67

19th SENATE DISTRICT

• Edith Prague (D) —  2,021 votes
• Sean Sullivan (R) — 2,879 votes

42nd ASSEMBLY DISTRICT

• Tom Reynolds (D) —  2,748 votes
• John Rodolico (R) — 2,199 votes

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