The View From Your Polling Place: At Barack Obama Elementary School on Strong Island.

Barack Obama Elementary School; Hempstead, NY.

Barack Obama Elementary School; Hempstead, NY.

A reader misses the visceral feedback of the old, pre-digital voting machines:

I just love walking under that sign to go “pull the lever.” I do kinda miss the “ka-Chung!”/swisssh!” “wrrffft” leaves me wanting.

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Gene "G.D." Demby is the founder and editor of PostBourgie. In his day job, he blogs and reports on race and ethnicity for NPR's Code Switch team.
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