Don’t expect voting on Tuesday to be speedy: Officials are anticipating record turnout and probably a lot of people registering at the polls.

Secretary of State David Scanlan on Thursday predicted a record number of 824,000 New Hampshire voters will participate in the General Election. That’s slightly above the 814,499 votes cast in the 2020 presidential election, which also set a record. 

On top of that, this is the first presidential election after inactive voters’ names were removed from the checklist in 2021, following the 2020 Census. People who only vote when the president is on the ballot may find that they’re no longer registered and have to redo the process at the polls, slowing things down.

Voters and poll workers should expect lines when the polls open and steady voting throughout the day, Scanlan said.