As of 11 a.m., about 749 of the 5,613 voters registered to vote in Lynchburg's largest precinct had cast their ballots. Many of them were Liberty University students.
One of the students who was at the precinct early, Mark Etheridge, said he voted because "we were told by our chancellor about the effect government has on students," particularly the food tax charged in restaurants.
Just past 11 a.m., members of LU's College Republicans pulled up in a pickup truck. In the bed sat an elephant made of chicken wire and duct tape plastered with Republican bumper stickers.
