'We’ve never seen anything like this': Some voters say election was recipe for confusion By Barbara O'Brien, Jane Kwiatkowski Jun 23, 2020 Jun 23, 2020 Updated Jan 17, 2024 0 Amason Croskery casts his vote at Early Childhood Development Center in Buffalo on Tuesday, June 23, 2020. 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Nearly 15,000 turn out on first day of early voting in Erie County Voter enthusiasm, concerns about how well mail-in voting will work this year and social-distancing rules led to peak waits of an hour or more …
