LITTLE ROCK — Early voting entered its final day before Tuesday's election, drawing big crowds at Pulaski County's only open polling location.
A line of more than 100 voters snaked out of the Pulaski County Regional Building in downtown Little Rock on Monday morning, looping down the block and back around as a light rain fell in the area.
Supporters of various campaigns and candidates themselves, including Democratic 2nd District challenger Herb Rule and Pulaski County juvenile-court judge opponents Patti James and James Hout, waved signs nearby.
Voters leaving the building said the big crowd didn't detract from a fairly smooth process.
Brittany Evans, a 23-year-old UCA student from Little Rock, said her class and work schedule Tuesday made voting Monday a much better option.
"I didn't want to take the chance and wait and then not be able to vote," said Evans, who said she cast her ballot for President Barack Obama and Rule. She said she also voted for the medical-marijuana act.
Christy Grant, a marketing director from North Little Rock, said she arrived to a long line that stretched into the parking lot, but it only took about half an hour to get through it.
"It was easy," Grant said. "The line moved really quickly."
Grant, 40, said she voted for Democratic candidates and voted against the marijuana measure.
"I don't want people to get strung out," she said shortly after voting. "I don't feel like our state needs that right now."
Berran Barnes, a 33-year-old cable installer from Little Rock who declined to talk about how he voted, said he didn't mind waiting about 20 minutes to cast a ballot Monday because his work schedule might have kept him from the polls Tuesday.
"I just wanted to go ahead and get it over with," he said. "It was a big crowd, but it was easy."
Early voting continues through 5 p.m.
As of Monday evening, 439,262 Arkansans had voted early, according to Secretary of State Mark Martin’s office. Martin's office said 33,022 of those ballots were cast on Monday.
The polls are open across Arkansas on Tuesday from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Some information contributed by The Associated Press.