chicagotribune.com - 10/29/2008
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Xenia Powell was among more than 100 people who crushed themselves into the basement of a South Side community center this week with the idea of voting early to avoid long lines on Election Day . "Wow," Powell said when she joined the line, which snaked its way from inside the large basement ...
charlotteobserver.com - 10/31/2008
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charlotteobserver.com —
(By Christopher D. Kirkpatrick, ckirkpatrick@charlotteobserver.com) Prompted by local
Democratic officials, the N.C. State Board of Elections extended
early voting this Saturday by four hours. The Thursday decision drew criticism from some Republicans ...
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Still planning to vote early? You get another 4 hours
news.yahoo.com - 10/28/2008
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news.yahoo.com —
ATLANTA Georgia residents packed polling places as early
voting started in earnest this week, braving lines as
long as eight hours to cast ballots and forcing some voting sites to stay open deep into the night. Polls have been open in Georgia since ...
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Ga. residents wait up to 8 hours to vote early - Yahoo! News
miamiherald.com - 10/29/2008
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miamiherald.com —
Braving 50-degree temperatures, South Florida voters ventured out
to the polls Wednesday morning to find some warm
relief in the fact that lines had shrunk considerably in the wake of the state's new extended voting hours. The lines, which had ...
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Wait lines shrink as early voting hours get longer
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Early Voting Turnout Shatters Records
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
More than 544,000 people have voted early in the Chicago area, the Tribune reports:
By the time early voting is over Thursday, 697,000 people are expected to have cast ballots before Election Day. There are about 4.76 million registered voters in the six-county area.
"Each day seems to break a record," Cook County Clerk David Orr said. "This is the most intense presidential election I've ever seen. People are willing to stand and wait. They're just so intent on it."
Orr said more than 10,000 people have voted in Orland ...
Hometown Boosterism, or Short-Attention-Span Headline Writer?
The New Editor —
... of the story: (emphasis added)
The major increase in early voting isn't completely a surprise—this is the first early voting for a presidential general election, and the Democratic nominee is Illinois Sen. Barack Obama. Apparently, the headline writer for the Trib's front page is different than the person who writes them for the paper's Web edition, where the link there reads: Long wait to vote early.
Here is the link to the story.
Gosh, I wonder why the Trib's hard copy headline reads the way it ...
Do you have a good "early voting" story?
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash —
... Long lines whenever people vote early. Florida Gov. Charlie Crist extended voting hours for early voting. Virginians have been doing it since September 19. ...
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