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Early Bird In Ybor Gets In And Out In A Jiffy

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By KEITH MORELLI | The Tampa Tribune

Published: November 4, 2008

Updated: 11/04/2008 07:25 am

7:25 a.m.: The polls at the New Mount Zion Baptist Church on Columbus Drive have been open for about a half-hour and about 50 people are patiently waiting in a line that stretches across the front of the church.

Vilma Bell, 49, strides out and crosses the street to her car.

"I got here just after 6 o'clock," she says. There were no problems inside and she was in and out in no time and was headed to her job as a security officer.

"It's phenomenal," she says. "I've never seen so many people."

She says this election is important, more important than ever.

"We need a change," she says. "Something needs to happen here."

She hopes civic pride catches on and that voting becomes more popular in the future.

"People need to learn," she says, "that their vote counts."

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