It’s a cold, dreary morning in Abbeville, Mississippi. The rain is sprinkling down from the sky, it’s about 6:28 am and five people are already in line ready to cast their vote for the election.

The voting is taking place at the Abbeville Town Hall which is a run down building that looks like it has been there since at least the early 1900’s.

The poll workers are inside, rushing around trying to set up everything so that election day for them can go as smooth as possible.

When the rain started trickling down, the five people that were standing in line moved to a little overhead cover just above the entrance to the town hall.

This was to protect them from the rain because they were all dressed to head off to work right after casting their vote.

I told these first voters that I could not enter the address in google maps to find where this town hall was so I had to just drive to the town.

A woman spoke up and said “Yeah I mean, you just have to drive to this town and you can’t miss it,” the woman’s name was Kimberly Price

Price, a school teacher in the Oxford area, is the first person in line at the Abbeville Town Hall ready to cast her vote.

“I am the first voter of the day so that I can make my vote count but also because I have work and I don’t want to miss the opportunity,” Price said.

When asked about what she expects from this election, she really didn’t know.

“I don’t know, it’s a toss up, I have no idea,” Price said.

More cars started to pull up to the town hall, mostly trucks, treading through the mud that was created by the rain that by this time had been going on for about 20 minutes.

A husband and wife step out of the car and start walking up to the entrance when the woman said, “Hasn’t rained in 40 days and 40 nights but it decides to today,”

“Is this tears of joy God is crying or tears of sadness for what may happen today,”

The other voters broke out in laughter and made the scene a little less tense than what it had been all morning.

Now it’s about 6:50 am and a man by the name of Terry says that he doesn’t really think it matters that he is at the town hall voting today.

“I don’t think our votes really matter because they’re going to put in office whoever they want to,” Terry said.

Most of the other voters didn’t mumble a word but you could tell from their demeanor and facial expressions that they somewhat agreed with what Terry had to say on that subject.

At about 6:58 am you notice the line of voters has increased to where people are wrapping around the building now, just all waiting patiently to cast their vote and get to work.

7 am strikes and the poll workers start to let the first voters inside the town hall to fulfill their civic duty by voting who will be the next president of the United States.

A woman who wanted to remain anonymous is a poll worker for the Abbeville Town Hall and doesn’t really know what to expect from today with all the people because this is her first time being a poll worker.

“I just really don’t know what to expect today, don’t know how many people will turn out but I can tell you that I am ready for whatever comes my way,” she said.

The voters keep entering the building and just when the line seems to die down, 20 more people roll up to cast their vote and get their voice heard.

This is a busy day for the poll workers because they have been at it since about 6 am and will go until whenever all their work is done, which could be late.

At about 7:30 am, the rain stopped and a little sun started to come over the horizon which gave the impression of a brighter day ahead.

It was the rain, clouds, and people having to get up at 6 am that just made the mood around the Abbeville Town Hall a depressing scene earlier in the morning.

But as soon as the sun peaked out, you could see on the voters faces that they were a little more upbeat and ready to tackle the day.

Today is the day a new president will be elected into office and the country is wondering, who will it be?