Faces From the Polls: The Eastern Shore Shows Up To Vote

Dale Wright, of Birdsnest, smiles after voting at the Nassawadox polling station Tuesday.Dale Wright, of Birdsnest, smiles after voting at the Nassawadox polling station Tuesday. Photo by Jim Ritch.

Amy Budd, of Painter, left, signs in at the Wachapreague polling station. Photo by Jim Ritch.

Father and son team, Buck Doughty, of Eastville, left, and Morgan Doughty, serve together at the Nassawadox polling station. Buck, the father, worked outdoors, while his son, Morgan, worked inside. Photo by Jim Ritch.

Three generations of the Wallace family work at the Wachapreague Volunteer Fire Company station, which hosted the town’s polling station. Separate from the voting station, Missy Wessells, far left, company treasurer, worked on the accounts with the help of her sister, Hope Jones. When not busy at the station, Wallace is Wachapreague’s town clerk; Jones, a county 911 dispatcher. Grandfather Kerry Wallace, right, stands next to his granddaughter, Julia Jones. Wallace has served for 60 years in the company. Photo by Jim Ritch.

Ayriel Ames, 7, of Treherneville, hugs her mother, Shakendra Washington, left. Ayriel insisted that her mother bring her inside the poll to watch her vote after studying the election in her first-grade class at Broadwater Academy. Photo by Jim Ritch.

Amy Budd, of Painter, approaches the machine that will record her ballot at the Wachapreague polling station. Photo by Jim Ritch.

Brook Duer, of Quinby, gives a thumbs up after voting in Wachapreague. Photo by Jim Ritch.

Nathaniel Atkinson, of Wachapreague, says he voted because “if you don’t vote, you really can’t complain about anything.”Nathaniel Atkinson, of Wachapreague, says he voted because “if you don’t vote, you really can’t complain about anything.” Photo by Jim Ritch.

Mary Atkinson, of Wachapreague, feeds her ballot into the counting machine at the Wachapreague polling station. Photo by Jim Ritch.

Republican volunteer Linda Jones works a long, 11-hour day outside the Wachapreague polling station. Her shift started at 6 a.m. and ran until about 5 p.m. Photo by Jim Ritch.

Aschella Weathers, of Nassawadox, shows off her first “I voted” sticker after voting for the first time at the Nassawadox polling station. Photo by Jim Ritch.

Thomas Heath, 5, of Melfa, wears his mother’s “I voted” sticker. Pulling him close is mom Kristy Turlington, of Melfa. Photo by Jim Ritch.

Voters Philip and Diana Richard, of Nassawadox, exit the Nassawadox polling station. They’ve voted in every election for the 17 years they’ve lived in Nassawadox.

NAACP volunteers bundle against the cold outside the polling station in Nassawadox. From left are Jane Cabarrus, of Nassawadox; Judy Anderson, of Virginia Beach; Betty Sims-Bell, of Birdsnest; and Pastor Felton T. Sessoms, of First Baptist Church, Cape Charles.

Broadwater Academy seniors Benjamin Price, of Bayford, and Jon Wehner, of Machipongo, from left, volunteer outside the poll at Johnson United Methodist Church, Machipongo. Photo by Jim Ritch.