From Katie: Get out and VOTE. Gavin would if he could. Got one?
Amy J. Ruiz
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Election Day Stories
From Graham: How boring. Oregon blows. I don’t get to be all extra emotional and stand in line. I guess I did save 42 cents by dropping my ballot off at the library. That’s kind of the same. But really really boring. No “I voted” sticker for me. What’s yours?
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Election Day Stories
From James: I just saw your blog post about the anticipation from young voters. I was dropping Kayla off this morning at Buckman and the halls were filled with kids wearing blue clothing, homemade Obama shirts, buttons and handing out pro-Obama fliers. This is from 3rd and 4th graders. It was pretty exciting to see. […]
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Election Day Stories
From Kathryn: I have also had tears several times today. I don’t ever remember feeling like this on an election day–I can barely wait until this afternoon when the first results begin to come in–I should probably go buy some tissues! I sat at the breakfast table with my youngest daughter this morning and we […]
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Spotted at NE Broadway and Vancouver
The kids at the Bus Project have taken over all four corners of this busy intersection, to remind people to get their ballots in.
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I’m Going to Be a Mess Today
It’s just 8 am, and already I’ve had tears in my eyes a few times. I’m trolling around the Internets, and finding dozens of stories: Long lines of excited people at polling places, Americans abroad awaiting the results, youth voting for the first time, etc. This one got to me, via Andrew Sullivan about Dartmouth […]
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I Voted
I finally voted. I’ve known who and what I’d be voting for since our own endorsements came out, but I finally cast my ballot this weekend. I like to wait until the last minute, so I keep getting the campaign literature in my mail slot. After all of this time, it was hard to believe […]
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Good Morning, News!
Holy crap, the election is tomorrow. The candidates are running hard toward the finish line. Wear a condom while watching TV, kids: “Teenagers who watch a lot of television featuring flirting, necking, discussion of sex and sex scenes are much more likely than their peers to get pregnant or get a partner pregnant, according to […]
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Department of Bizarre (and Racist?) Voicemails
There’s a “black zombie army” that will rise up if Obama is elected… apparently. <param name="FlashVars" value="autostart=no&bg=0xCCCCCC&leftbg=0x0056A5&lefticon=0xFFFFFF&rightbg=0x0056A5& ‘rightbghover=0xE87217&righticon=0xEEEEEE&righticonhover=0xffffff&text=0x666666&slider=0x666666& ‘track=0xFFFFFF&border=0x666666&loader=0x6CB112&soundFile=http://www.portlandmercury.com/images/blogimages/2008/10/31/1225489999_obama.mp3″ />
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More Election Fun!
As if that list below isn’t enough to keep you busy in the run-up to Tuesday’s election, head to America Votes to find more folks who need volunteers. Like the Oregon League of Conservation Voters, or NARAL Pro-Choice Oregon.
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Pre-Election Weekend!
With just four days to go before Tuesday’s election, candidates and campaigns are hustling and bustling to get out their message and implore people to vote. If you’ve just now been bitten by the election bug, there are plenty of ways to get involved (or learn more) this weekend! This afternoon, the Bus Project’s ghouls […]
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Backwards Day in Sarah Palin-land
Check out this bizarre logic coming out of Sarah Palin’s mouth: The media is threatening her First Amendment right to free speech, by saying that she’s running a negative campaign. Um… what? This is a woman who went to journalism school, right? So she would have studied the First Amendment, and should know that she […]