Professional writing junior Brittney Urich doesn’t have any Election Day horror stories about long lines and wait times to cast a ballot.

Urich voted on Tuesday, and she was in and out in a matter of minutes.

She cast her first ballot in the 2012 presidential election. Both times, Urich voted at the Union, which was one of four polling locations on campus this Election Day.

“I think it’s convenient,” Urich said. “I didn’t like the idea of having to send home an absentee ballot, and I didn’t like the idea of trying to figure out where in East Lansing I was going (to vote).”

With the polling station on the way to her classes, voting fit easily into Urich’s schedule.

“Having come to the Union twice, I really like it because I get to walk in — I know where it is on campus, and I’m not trying to find out where I’m supposed to be going,” Urich said. “It makes it a little more familiar and a little more comfortable.”

There were voting locations open to students in Brody Hall, IM Sports-East and IM Sports-West, in addition to the Union.

“We moved here to make it easier for the students,” said Cathy Scott, chair of Precinct 12 inside the Union. “We were at one of the churches out near Abbot Road, so we were hoping we could get better turnout here.”

The short lines at the polls that Urich experienced were convenient for her and other voters, but it also means something else — a lot of student voters did not show up.

“I usually have 1,200 people in my precinct,” Scott said about halfway through the 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. period when polls are open. “So I could get that many, but I only have 50 or 60 at this point. It’s a pretty bad turnout, if you just look at the numbers.”

Scott said she wasn’t expecting a big jump in voter turnout after 5 p.m., which many voting locations experience after voters get off of work, because students often show up before or after class.

“I was expecting 100 (voters), so I might get there,” Scott said. “But that’s still a pretty puny percentage.”