by Jean Jones
History was made on Nov. 4th; Barrack Obama is now the elected President of the United States of America.
History was also made in Lawnside, N.J., with the record turn out of over 1,400 voters. It is not clear exactly as to the exact numbers; however the estimated numbers for the amount of votes casted in both districts for the town council members are as follows: democrats, Clifford L. Still Sr. (972), Mary Ann Wardlow (920), republicans, Virginia Culver (532), and Dolores L. Logan (528).
Former poll worker, Janine Bryant, says she remembers previous years when the town council only received approximately 200 or so votes.
“I believe the difference was many people especially new voters just voted column 2 all the way down, which increased the numbers drastically. I remember working and the numbers barely reaching 200. Today when I went to vote at 10 a.m., I was number four hundred and something,” said Bryant
Obama is said to be the “face of change” for our nation by many. However, at the local polls in Lawnside, the young adult community was the “faces of change”. There were many young African- American men and women out voting, as anticipated this year.
“I saw a lot of young guys that were my age that I have never seen before in town but they were out in forces to vote. It was a beautiful thing,” said town resident, Moet Palmer, 21.
For Lawnside, the historically African- American, community, having Obama elected is remarkable.
“I still can’t believe he won. I cry every time I talk about it. I cried watching his speech; I watch it over and over again. I never thought I would be alive to see this day. It’s remarkable,” said town resident, Margaret Reeves, 70.
History was made, locally and nationally for our nation and the African- American community at large.
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