voting
I voted in the auditorium that had doubled as our cafeteria
Then I walked to the Metro station through my suburb to what my mother always ironically referred to as its “beating, pulsing heart."
Atlanta
Freedom has an asterisk the size of America.
Election Day: Communist Poland
The ballot didn’t fit, because my hands shook uncontrollably.
London
I tell my students that they are lucky to be living through a period of such exciting democratic activity.
2008
When voters or fellow organizers were rude or mean we’d murmur to one another: “No Drama... Obama.”
Voting often, in Lithuania
Because I was renting and didn't own property, I had to register myself as homeless.
New York/Malaysia
"I think we just might do it," I texted a friend.
Near Chicago
Nothing in my media diet/data suggests I’d even consider voting Republican, despite both my parents’ preferences.
Vote Aquí: A Brief History of Bilingual Voting
I didn't know it was a fight to get voting materials published in languages other than English.
