A picture of Antonia Jackson a Georgia voter......
A picture of the instructions on how to vote....
A picture of workers waiting patentially for voters....
Changes For America
As the traffic piled up, lines wrapped around the corners, and some individuals were getting into accidents off of I 285 expressway in college park as they tried to make their way to the voting polls. Nothing stopped these Georgia residents from their participation February 5, 2008 for the primary presidential election of 2008.
The presidential election for 2008 is the most prominate election thus far. For the first time in our nation’s history, there is a strong chance that we could have either an African American President , or we could have a woman leading our nation. In this prelimanary election the democratic party of Barack Obama and Hiliary Clinton had voters in much controversy on who to vote for as a candidate since both candidates possesed the qualtites and stand firm on two great platforms.
Mt.Vernon Baptist Church located on 520 Mitchell St. acted as a polling place and was also were I cast my vote and interviewed others as well. From the workers to voters everyone was anticipating on the results of this election. A voter by the name of Roma Williams a student at Clark Atlanta University stated that she was excited about this year’s election since she just turned 18 years old and was able to vote in this election. “This is very meaningful to me, I have never been able to vote and to be able to vote during a time like this, I feel very privileged. In this election blacks have a chance to make a difference and I feel that we need to come together and make that change.” Along with Roma, Ms. Antonia Jackson felt the same way, “ This is a prominent election and all though Hilary is a great candidate with good morals and ways to change America, she is white so she can never understand what “we” go thru. Obama can understand and look out for “our” best interest. Now I’m not saying vote for him just because he’s black, but that should be a start." I also interviewed some of the workers of the primary election who agreed to share their views but asked to remain nameless. One of the workers felt that there was not enough people who came out to vote as it should have been. She stated that there was alot of people but they were missing a third of Georgia's population. The polls closed at 7 o' clock. and when 8 o’clock stricked many news stations aired the outcome of the preliminary for Georgia. Democrat Barack Obama and Replubican John McCain won georgia!!!!!
As the traffic piled up, lines wrapped around the corners, and some individuals were getting into accidents off of I 285 expressway in college park as they tried to make their way to the voting polls. Nothing stopped these Georgia residents from their participation February 5, 2008 for the primary presidential election of 2008.
The presidential election for 2008 is the most prominate election thus far. For the first time in our nation’s history, there is a strong chance that we could have either an African American President , or we could have a woman leading our nation. In this prelimanary election the democratic party of Barack Obama and Hiliary Clinton had voters in much controversy on who to vote for as a candidate since both candidates possesed the qualtites and stand firm on two great platforms.
Mt.Vernon Baptist Church located on 520 Mitchell St. acted as a polling place and was also were I cast my vote and interviewed others as well. From the workers to voters everyone was anticipating on the results of this election. A voter by the name of Roma Williams a student at Clark Atlanta University stated that she was excited about this year’s election since she just turned 18 years old and was able to vote in this election. “This is very meaningful to me, I have never been able to vote and to be able to vote during a time like this, I feel very privileged. In this election blacks have a chance to make a difference and I feel that we need to come together and make that change.” Along with Roma, Ms. Antonia Jackson felt the same way, “ This is a prominent election and all though Hilary is a great candidate with good morals and ways to change America, she is white so she can never understand what “we” go thru. Obama can understand and look out for “our” best interest. Now I’m not saying vote for him just because he’s black, but that should be a start." I also interviewed some of the workers of the primary election who agreed to share their views but asked to remain nameless. One of the workers felt that there was not enough people who came out to vote as it should have been. She stated that there was alot of people but they were missing a third of Georgia's population. The polls closed at 7 o' clock. and when 8 o’clock stricked many news stations aired the outcome of the preliminary for Georgia. Democrat Barack Obama and Replubican John McCain won georgia!!!!!
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