Barack-o-lantern, originally uploaded by nicomachus. Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., steps off the plane carrying a pumpkin at Midway Airport in Chicago Friday, Oct. 31, 2008.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon) UPDATE: 88,521 voters in Durham have voted early.
Barack Obama was in Raleigh yesterday; so were 25,000 of his closest friends in the Tarheel state. A free event, the line to get in wrapped around several city blocks. Rodney Hines, the No Hands King was among Obama’s supporters who came out for the rally. UPDATE: As of Wednesday, 70,896 people have already voted [...]
Out canvassing with friends this weekend, we came across Lewis Days‘ house. Days, the bike man, is eager to vote in this historic election, and agreed to let us place a sign in his yard. UPDATE: As of the end of the day Sunday, Durham county is up to 53,247 votes.
As of October 1st, the Durham Board of Elections listed 168,482 “active voters” in Durham. (Active voters is a technical term used, but not defined, by the Board of Elections.) Early voting has started; in fact we’re 10 days into the 17 days of One Stop Voting. I voted yesterday, and the machine said that [...]
Genuine vital integrity does not consist in satisfaction, in attainment, in arrival. As Cervantes said long since, “The road is always better than the inn.” The very name is a disturbing one; this time calls itself “modern,” that is to say, final, definitive, in whose presence all the rest is mere preterite, humble preparation and [...]
Either way, it’s tonight… Meet at Major, 5:35pm.