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Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
First you vote.
David Markland recorded what appears to be a voter and a poll worker in Culver City, California.
[David Markland / Flickr]
Then you get a certificate.
Amy from Chicago draws inspiration from a "blank piece of lined paper" and "portable coffee mugs." She says, "I cannot describe how good it felt ...
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Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
Twenty-six-year-old Shantell Yvonne Kight, a "mama for Obama," filmed 45-year-old Mr. Caldwell, an early and first-time voter, outside the Regency Square Public Library in Jacksonville, Florida. He says he was blessed to vote and make a piece of history. Shantell made the video for a cool4pro project called Video the ...
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Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
Beth Lucey describes herself as a "happily married woman with a beautiful daughter." She lives in Southbridge, Massachusetts, where she took this photo today. It's not clear whether the truck and dog are hers or a neighbor's, but the owner clearly voted for McCain. [Update 5 Nov 2008: Beth explained ...
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Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
Heidiologies took this photo of a polling place in New Jersey today. Not much of a wait time there, by the looks of it.
[heidiologies / Flickr]
In larger format, you can see that one of the signs warns against loitering. Good thing there wasn't a line out the door.
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Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
Dan 10things spotted these Obama volunteers taking a lunch break earlier today in Seattle. With their sign.
[dan10things / Flickr]
Polls in Washington state will be open for another couple of hours.
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Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
Bill, a writer from "the Deep South," seems to be wondering what we're all wondering right now.
[rebelshootsfan / Flickr]
The first states are being called.
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Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
Americans have been standing in line for hours all day. Some 100 million were expected at the polls today after twenty-nine-plus million voted early or absentee.
From sandygbandy, a pre-7 am crowd on 18th Street in DC.
[sandygbandy / Flickr]
From Valerie, a student who likes scrapbooking and genealogy, a two-and-a-half-hour line in ...
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Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
[19melissa68 / Flickr]
Heather Whittaker goes all out: waterskiing, jumping out of airplanes, and generally being "different." She and her pastor husband Carlos live in Atlanta. Heather is proof that Starbucks's offer of free coffee for voters actually worked. It made her, sheepishly, decide to cast a ballot. (Thanks, Sue Salinger.)
What ...
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Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
I've been saving this one for today: Lady Liberty, à la Picasso, wanting to ask a question -- while a Democratic and a Republican bird tussle over the POTUS seal. American democracy in action! The artist is TMNK ("the me nobody knows") from New York City, who believes that "each ...
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Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
Sarolta Cump found this video made by tech-geek artist Evan Roth. Evan lives in Hong Kong and delights in violating copyright and vandalism laws. This video does neither -- it's simply some USB-powered flag waving for voting day.
[fi5e / Vimeo]
Something about this seems a bit tongue-in-cheek. Is the "made in ...
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Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
Seriously, all the cool kids are doing it. Nineteen-year-old TheMuffinShow says so. Vote. (Hat tip to Sue Salinger.)
I'm going. Right now.
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Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
Unconvinced by the chihuahua? Singer and rapper dilliot2k in Atlanta will motivate you to get yourself to the polls. (Thanks, Sue Salinger.)
Get up and vote.
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Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
If you're feeling apathetic or just lazy about casting a ballot, Girlfriend the Chihuahua has a message for you. Courtesy of chuxyux. (Hat tip to Sarolta Cump.)
Girlfriend has teeth. So hop to it.
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Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
Obama's grandmother -- Madelyn Dunham -- died yesterday in Hawaii. One day before the election. RedneckCabbie, a 27-year taxicab veteran now living and working in Minneapolis, offers his simple, heartfelt condolences. (Thanks, Sarolta Cump.)
RedneckCabbie says it as well as anyone.
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Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
The blog Alive in Baghdad aims to "empower[...] Iraqi citizen journalists to share their stories with the world." We featured their work previously here. In this video, Iraqis talk about the US election: about who they think is likely to win and and who would make a difference for Iraq. ...
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Monday, November 3rd, 2008
Jeff is a fan of his wife and video games... and Barack Obama. This appears to be a self-portrait.
[Jeff the Trojan / Flickr]
Under the photograph, Jeff writes an impassioned political manifesto.
[I am] ...a patriotic American.
…the descendent of immigrants. [...]
...a person with a moral compass, based on the values my Christian ...
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Monday, November 3rd, 2008
Obama started talking about sweet-potato pie in his stump speeches earlier this month. It started as an anecdote about a Republican diner owner who is unhappy with the state of the country -- and became a way of connecting with his audience. At a rally in West Philadelphia on October ...
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Monday, November 3rd, 2008
Tony Contini explained via Flickrmail that he took this photo at an American Legion in Sparks, Nevada, during a campaign rally. Apparently a McCain supporter and an Obama supporter both spoke to the veterans about the election. "Very interesting stuff," says Tony.
[Tony Contini / Flickr]
The focus on the veteran's ear ...
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Monday, November 3rd, 2008
The Obama street-art phenomenon isn't slowing down.
Tracy Clayton is an "avid reader" and a "hip hop purist" who grew up in Miami. His mother is Filipina and his father is African American, which gives him an outlook that he wants to "share [...] with the world." Tracy is a "wannabe ...
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Monday, November 3rd, 2008
Some voters have been expressing skepticism that their ballots will be counted or that voting machines work correctly. In West Virginia, for example, three early voters reported that touch-screen machines switched their votes from Democrats to Republicans.
Raymond Gilford from Austin, Texas, likes being outside, at church, and in hole-in-the-wall restaurants. ...
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