Apparently, people handle early voting like everything else – by procrastinating.
Tuesday was the last day for early voting in Tennessee and, as usual, a flood of voters swept into polling stations just in time to vote for their presidential pick in the Republican and Democratic Tennessee primaries, officials said.
Hamilton County Administrator of Elections Kerry Steelman said the day was busy since lines stretched out doors and into parking lots.
Aided by his sister, Madelyn Paschel, Marion Paschel head to the table to pick up his ballot at the Brainerd Recreation Center on the last day of early voting in Hamilton County on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016, in Chattanooga, Tenn. 
Signs on the door at the Brainerd Recreation Center lead voters to the polling place on the last day of early voting in Hamilton County on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016, in Chattanooga, Tenn. “As of 4 p.m. today, with two more hours of voting left, 16,619 Hamilton County voters have cast an early ballot,” Steelman said.
Three-quarters of those votes came in the last six days, and while the total number of voters exceeds that in both 2008 and 2012, the percentage of registered voters who participated early will be slightly below 2008, he said.