Voting underway in northwest Bronx

Presidential primary voting got off to a quiet start in the northwest Bronx this morning. Voters strolled in and out of sites at the Amalgamated Houses and the Robert J. Christen School (P.S. 81) with ease, while lines were slightly longer at the Promenade in Mable Hill.

“I want to contribute to changing America by voting for the person I voted for,” David Thompson, 54, said while waiting at the Promenade. He declined to divulge whom he supported.

First-time poll volunteer Jennie Stein reported one malfunctioning machine at the Promenade, but said it was fixed before voters started coming in at 6 a.m. today.

“I came early enough,” Melba Diaz, 74, commented on her way to work after casting her ballot at the Promenade. She voted for Hillary Clinton, noting she disapproves of how the heated race has played out in New York City.

“I’ve never seen such a vulgar and terrible election in my lifetime,” she added.

Amalgamated Houses poll worker Evan Johnson noted a bit of confusion over where to vote among some residents. He said some people who were actually registered to vote at the St. Patrick’s Nursing Home came to the Amalgamated Houses’ Vladeck Hall instead. The confusion did not cause too much chaos, since the locations are about a block away from each other.

“Hopefully my vote will make a change,” Sari Santiano, 60, said on her way from Vladeck Hall to St. Patrick’s.