UPDATE: Hundreds Gather for Early Voting at Randallstown Community Center

UPDATE (7:25 p.m. Nov. 2)—Penny Gibson looked toward the Randallstown Community Center, and the hundreds of voters lined up, and knew that she had a long wait ahead of her.

But she was determined and stay Saturday for early voting. And she saw the turnout as a positive.

"It's a good sign, people getting out to vote," she said.

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Throughout the day, the line of hundreds of voters remained long, doubling up and extending, often, into the Home Depot parking lot next door.

It was the first day of early voting, and at 3505 Resource Drive, voters waiting for their turn were treated to pleasant weather.

"It's not raining," said Alphonso Neal of Woodlawn, who said he waited in the early voting line "to avoid another long line" in the future.

"I'm excited to see so many people on a lovely day," he said after spending 55 minutes in line. He said he expected to wait another hour before he and his family got to vote inside.

Tierra Dorsey, who is a former resident of Pikesville now residing in Reisterstown, said she and her husband, Alex, consider it their civic duty to vote.

"We have busy schedules and I don't want to run the risk of not being able to be here on the 6th," she said, referring to Election Day Nov. 6.

Early voting was canceled Monday and Tuesday Hurricane Sandy's arrival, and has been extended through Friday, Nov. 2.

And, to make up for time lost, the hours have been extended and are now from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the following places, according to the Baltimore County website:

• Randallstown Community Center
  3505 Resource Drive
  Randallstown, MD 21133
• Towson University Administration Building
  7720 York Road
  Towson, MD 21252
• Bloomsbury Community Center
  106 Bloomsbury Avenue
  Catonsville, MD 21228
• Honeygo Community Center
  9033 Honeygo Blvd
  Perry Hall, MD 21128
• North Point Public Library
  1716 Merritt Blvd
  Dundalk, MD 21222

Find more early voting locations and hours in Maryland.

For more information, call the State Board of Elections at 1-800-222-8683, or Baltimore County Board of Elections at 410-887-5700. Or visit www.elections.state.md.us.

More on early voting for the 2012 General Election:

• Early Voting Suprasses 2010 Election
• Early Voting Hours, Days, Extended in Maryland
• Early Voting Resumes Wednesday With Extended Hours
• UPDATE: Storm Could Affect Early Voting That Begins Saturday