Jack & Jill Politics

Obama's win was a historic event. I am looking forward to seeing how his policies will affect the average working African American. Will he cut taxes for the working classes?Will he support universal health care coverage for all Americans?

Dang! I cried while I voted....AND while watching your video! Fantastic.

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Thanks, Baratunde. That was truly a gift to witness. Your countenance just glowed with love, and pride!

Paper ballot, fill in the bubble-style here in Polk County, Iowa. Emailed the school principal and 2 son's teachers to let them know the boy might be late because they were going with us to vote for Barack and Joe. My 10-year-old looked over my ballot, made sure the bubble was all filled in--I started to cry when he said "we did it, mama, we're helping to make Barack the next president!" As we left our polling station and saw a M-P bumper sticker on a car, they *booed* and pointed at it--I've taught them well as that's what we all do in the car when we see M-P yard signs!

YES. WE. CAN. - YES. WE. WILL.

I copied this from the comment section at HuffPo--beautiful!

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Thanks Baratunde! I cried too. Big grown ass man, but damn, talk about one hell of a feeling. Whoooooo!

Loved the video. Made me smile. I voted on what I guess was an electronic ballot? It was a large paper ballot and you pressed the X next to the name and a led light came on. Then you pressed the green VOTE button.

Oh, Pennsylvania.

Paper ballot with a bubble sent through a scanner.

Easy as pie.

Maine.

Like a standardized test, perhaps?

alright craig!!

I'm feeling you Baratunde! I voted on the 18th with my entire family - my girls for the first time! I cried like a baby. And just seeing you video, I tearing up again. What a wonderful legacy to leave for your future children. Who'd a thought it!

Great video Baratunde!

Man, those old school voting machines look intimidating. All I've known here in Alabama were the paper ballots where you filled in a circle or completed a broken arrow, then fed it into a machine counter. I'm certain they had similar voting machines like yours in the past, though.

That sounds like a good question: What did you use to vote today? A machine like Jack's, a computerized touch screen, some form of paper ballot, etc?

Computerized touch screen. Checked it 3 or 4 times before I hit that final button!