With polls set to open soon, representatives from 198 precincts in Wake County have been working hard making sure everything is in working order for the big day.

Since Friday, representatives were busy loading up their trunks with poll books, ballot scanners, "Vote Here" signs and computers as well as thousands of ballots for the long day ahead.

"I think we'll have a steady flow of voters coming in. With early voting it's going to limit more voters than we were expecting," said Marquette Russell in Apex.

Precinct officials are prepping for long lines again, but they say they don't expect lines to be as long as they thought, even with an expected 90 percent turnout of 600,000 registered voters.

About 270,000 Wake County registered voters have already cast their votes and about 20,000 more are expected to come in through absentee ballots.

For Board of Election workers, it's been long work days.

"Some of them worked 20 days straight working 14 - 15 hour days, when we extended hours they just hung in there," said Gary Sims, director of Wake County Board of Elections.

And with an expected upswing in voter turn out this year, precinct workers have been trained to work a little differently during Election Day.

"There are different rules, from the last time, this time we will eliminate the amount of voters that come in to the precinct so it won't be as crowded," Sims added.

No matter how long the wait is, all voters in line by 7:30 p.m. will be allowed to vote. Those who try to stand in line after the cut-off time will lose their chance.