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PRIMARY DUTIES: Dr. Louis L. Peralte (top), of Queens, voted for Sen. Hillary Clinton. Sabrina Bozek, of Greenwich Village, cast her ballot for Obama.
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
New Yorkers at polling sites around the city weren’t satisfied to just let their votes do the talking for them on Super Tuesday. Many had lots to say about the candidates, the campaign, the country –and themselves. Here’s a sampling:
In 2004, Janet Pommells, a Coney Island resident since 1990, crossed party lines to vote for George W. Bush because she believed his rhetoric about Saddam Hussein and the war in Iraq.
“But that turned out to be a lie,” she said. (more…)
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
Annemarie Martinez, the poll coordinator for the city Board of Elections in Jamaica Estates, Queens, walked from table to table in P.S. 178’s gym, checking on her staff of poll officers — a group of 13 middle aged men and women who sat ready for a giant stream of voters to pour in.
“Maybe they’ll come after work,” poll official Jay Dean said.
But maybe there weren’t many voters because P.S. 178 is off the beaten path — and there weren’t any signs to help those unfamiliar with the Radnor Road school.
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