Election Night at First Unitarian Church
Voters outside church celebrate a turning point for the United States
Victoria Pelletier
Issue date: 11/10/08 Section: Election night
This past Tuesday, election night, I went to First Unitarian Church on Washington Avenue and recorded the numbers. About 30-40 people crowded around the doors outside when I arrived, but I was unaware until later that they were there to attend an AA meeting in the basement. As I made my way inside, the voting area was quiet, the women in charge stating that many of the voters had come earlier that afternoon. She has been working for about 8 hours, and was anxiously counting down to 9 p.m. because that's when the polling place closed.
I took the scene in as I realied that there was one voting both, protetced by a sheet so that you could have privacy. There was a long table where four people, all who worked for the church, were sitting, and preparing to log the answers in their books. The numbers for each candidate, whether it was for 104th district, district attorney, board of education or President, each of the numbers varied, but the numbers for Obama were almost 10 times more than the votes for Mccain.
It was interesting to see the few voters who were exiting cheering with one another for Obama, and wearing hats, pins, and some even wearing bumper stickers across the back of their jackets that said Obama '08. Though the church was quiet, outside in the streets many people stated that they knew Obama would be president before the votes were announced, and that they couldn't wait for a change in America.
It was an overall interesting experience because you got to be directly involved in the aftermath of the voting process, and you not only got to see the refreshed persona of the people involved with the voting, but the excitement from the actual voters. It was intruiging to witness the voting process and see people do all that they can to make a change in America, and excercise their right to vote.
I took the scene in as I realied that there was one voting both, protetced by a sheet so that you could have privacy. There was a long table where four people, all who worked for the church, were sitting, and preparing to log the answers in their books. The numbers for each candidate, whether it was for 104th district, district attorney, board of education or President, each of the numbers varied, but the numbers for Obama were almost 10 times more than the votes for Mccain.
It was interesting to see the few voters who were exiting cheering with one another for Obama, and wearing hats, pins, and some even wearing bumper stickers across the back of their jackets that said Obama '08. Though the church was quiet, outside in the streets many people stated that they knew Obama would be president before the votes were announced, and that they couldn't wait for a change in America.
It was an overall interesting experience because you got to be directly involved in the aftermath of the voting process, and you not only got to see the refreshed persona of the people involved with the voting, but the excitement from the actual voters. It was intruiging to witness the voting process and see people do all that they can to make a change in America, and excercise their right to vote.
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