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voted in the Boise, Idaho city election today. He know that especially now he can't take his right to vote for granted. Photo by Frank.
...This year my Lauren was the reason I got out and voted. She is 3 months shy of turning 18. She wanted her vote to count this year more than ever.
Many Americans cast votes using a voting machine, but I have never voted using one. Boxborough is still small enough to use paper ballots. Acton did, too, when I lived there. According to local officials, the turnout has been spectacular today.
As the end of the university year approaches, it's time for student elections. Taken outside the Student Union Building at Dalhousie University, Halifax.
Do it now, or do it Nov 4th. However you do it, whenever you do it -- just take the time to exercise one of the greatest rights provided to you as a citizen.
Get past the sound bites and learn about the issues...don't follow the party line, from *any* party. Make an informed decision, and know that you played a small but vital part in the process.
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Pulling this country out of the Wall Street-induced recession has been glacial. To a great extent it's because the Republicans aren't that interested in solving America's problems as much as making sure that Barack Obama is a one-term president. This is Republican Senate Minority Leader, Mitch McConnell's stated goal.
He's not alone. Recently, GOP Senator, Mike Lee, of Utah said he would obstruct all of President Obama's judicial and government agency nominees in the Senate, even though these nominees have bipartisan support.
This behavior is unconscionable. We must move forward to help Americans in need and to compete in the global economy. We need to elect people from both parties who will work together towards these ends. Extreme ideology and obstruction have no place in American government now. Vote out the obstructionists!
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The first week's results are in! Cara, Wren and Rae are in the bottom 3! This week is a double elimination. But who will leave, will depend on you!
#Cara
#Wren
#Rae
This week you guy's voted as the public and scored each girls photo! Giving;
-Cara (On the left): 5.4
-Wren (In the middle): 4.9
-Rae (On the right): 5.3
This is a vote to save your favorite! After this weeks elimination there will only be two girl in the vote to save and only one will leave.
Votes will close tomorrow at midnight!
There will soon then be a new cast photo/update along with this weeks public scoring and details on the next challenge!
Yes, I am shamelessly reposting this photo so that my flickr friends can vote for me in this Trains magazine contest. Winner gets published in Trains!
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Mike Cohen
Voting in a small town is a chummy affair. This year, there was a steady stream of voters all day long.
V is for cookie
That's good enough for me...
Knew I had to buy these as soon as I saw them. Unfortunately they look a whole lot better than they taste. Second time in a week I've been tricked by amazing looking baked goods.
Voting in a small town is a chummy affair. This year, there was a steady stream of voters all day long.
VOTE September 12th... I'm your man with a plan
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Highest position in Explore: 164 on November 13, 2008
Photo inspired by: watch.windsofchange.net/iraq_election.htm
I've wanted to take this photo on my first election ever since I saw the STUNNING photographic coverage of the first election in Iraq. I didn't get the exact shot I wanted- I wasn't expecting how difficult it would be to do a self portrait when you have ink all over a finger haha!
History was made 10 minutes ago. Barack Obama was officially elected as the 44th president of the united states.
I've never understood race until this moment. I've never understood why people cared so much...but now I think that's slowly starting to change.
This is history. We have made a huge step in wiping our slate clean- we've overcome a history that's haunted us as a country that acted in truly horrific fashions towards people who are our equals. Tonight, as a country, we elected- we CHOSE a president who is of African American descent. We can breathe a fresh breath. We can approach the rest of the world with our heads held high. The monkey is off our back. The skeletons are no longer in our closets. The shame is fleeing.
We are a different country in this moment than we were this morning.
Race was not a factor when I voted for Obama...it was little more than a fleeting thought. I personally can't begin to see a problem with a black man being president, but until tonight, I thought it was over-hyped. But watching the faces...watching tears flood from thousands of African Americans around the country...I got it.
I guess that's how life works, isn't it? In 19 years and 4 months, I've never been able to undertsand why people made a big deal about race- this stuff happened 40 years ago...move on...but now. Now that we HAVE started to truly move on, it makes sense. I guess I couldn't see the forest for the trees, and now that we're coming out the other side- now that I can see the land stretching endlessly before us, it's only now that I can start to realize how deep & dark that forest was.
As far as policy goes- I think he'll be just as good as John McCain would have been...but Barack Obama brings inspiration & unity with him. I don't so much believe that he will bring about change, so much as he will bring about the desire, the motivation for us, as individuals, as communities, and as a country, to change.
This world is bigger than me. This country is bigger than me. Barack Obama might not make me rich or fluff up my comfort level...but I think he'll inspire something far more important. I imagine I'll end up rather flustered with him at times, but if I can try to keep my mind on the bigger picture, I think it will be good.
For so long I've been thinking 'it's great he inspires, but we're not electing a cheerleader- we're electing a LEADER'...but you know what? I think America has made a lot of "what can my country do for me?" decisions over the last few elections...what's the harm in taking the risk?
I truly feel we've been given an opportunity. Things might go horrifically wrong, but things might completely change for the better...and I'm so tired of hating government- I'm tired of feeling like we're in a rut. The last 8 years haven't gotten us very far, and yet the country is lit up with hope...so even if Obama somehow finds a way to ruin the country over the next 4 years- we CAN bounce back. It's worth the risk for me.
It seems as though for SO long we've just given over control. We've "let the government worry about it"...and I'm tired of that. I want to take responsibility for myself, for my country. Maybe that's why we've been so apathetic? Because we don't feel as though we have any ownership in it. I can't help but feel as if over the last 8 years***, the country has belonged to the government- everything was in the governments hands...but Obama has the ability to inspire people to dig in, get invested, and get out there and do something. If you don't like something, fight to change it.
THAT is what I voted for.
***I ONLY say "last 8 years" because, at age 19, the Bush administration is the only administration I've been old enough to seriously follow- that was NOT a "Bush was the worst president ever...he sucks, blah blah blah" jab. I simply can't comment on previous administrations!
To wrap this up- I have not been excited about either candidate. I was never a solid supporter of either. After reading through voting records I still felt that we'd be just as well off with either one of them...but in the end, I was never inspired by John McCain (and lets face it...Palin...does anything else really need to be said?!). It's nothing personal against him, nor any of his supporters- I think he certainly has a lot to offer the country, and I STRONGLY believe that as long as you educate yourself and think about your vote- that's all that matters. Barack Obama inspires me. Simple as that.