KPCC Election 2008
Election Day is upon us!
After the campaign that went on forever, it’s finally here: Election Day, 2008.
You may notice we’re doing something a little different with our homepage today. Throughout the day we’ll be keeping you posted on the latest election news via this blog and our Twitter updates, which you can read here on the site and/or via text message if you sign up to follow us.
AirTalk and Patt Morrison will be discussion voting turnout, experiences, and issues on Tuesday. And KPCC reporters will be out in the field at polling stations and elsewhere to tell you how Election Day is shaking out all over the Southland.
The first polls close on the east coast starting at 3 p.m. PT, so watch this space for updates. You’ll also find full national and state results on the NPR map.
So keep your dial turned to 89.3, and your browser/PDA pointing kpcc.org, for all the latest election news.
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- November 3, 2008 7:59 PM
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I voted in Duarte about 10 a.m. (Sorry, Larry!) It all went smoothly and quickly. It was over so fast it was almost anti-climactic even though it was the end of almost two years of anticipation.
I voted in Duarte about 10 a.m. (Sorry, Larry!) It all went smoothly and quickly. It was over so fast it was almost anti-climactic even though it was the end of almost two years of anticipation.
I tried to call-in to the talk show this morning but the numbers were busy. Maybe this blog entry can get a message to the poll workder at large.
My wife and 13-year old daughter went together to the polling station on Via Dolce in Marina del Rey this morning.
The polling staff would not allow our daughter watch her mother vote (i.e. stay next to her). After my wife had cast her ballot, the staff would not give our daughter a "I voted" sticker becauses the child had not voted.
Voting is such an important fundamendal excercise of our democratic system of government.
We believe this is a fantastic way for the children to learn first-hand how we elect people who in turn take care of our collective needs as a society.
We have been trying to teach our daughter since early age about this important civic function. It is great to be excited to look forward to it, even if you are only an observing child.
She washed her hair last night. She woke up early without us having to wake her up. She wore her best clean school clothes this morning. She was so excited about going with her mother and watch the election process. Then she was denied the experience.
To deny a child the experience and education of election does not seem right.
The look of disappointment in her face is one that I will not forget. I hope she will. I hope this experience will not leave a lasting impression on her, as it will on her dad - me!
If you can, and there is still time left at the polls today, can you please make an announcement to the poll workers to PLEASE don't deny the children this experience of observing their parents vote.
The poll workers are volunteers who are doing all of us a great service which should be aknowledged and appreciated.
How do you say thank-you and at the same time relay this message to them?
I hope I am not asking the poll workers to do something illegal here!
I just returned from the polls in Redlands. There was no line, no wait. It was the very first election for my daughter, so we made a point of going together. While there I spoke with a poll worker who shared with me his very first experience of voting in 1952. (He voted for Ike.) We agreed that there's nothing like joining with your neighbors to make a difference!
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