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Just a reminder that today is the primary election in the state of Illinois, so get out there and vote! For information on your polling place, visit http://www.chicagoelections.com. The polls are open from 6am to 7pm, and if you are in line at 7pm you are legally allowed to vote.
I often think of my grandma on election days. She was a diligent voter in every single election, large or small, that ever happened in her life, and was the first person to advise me the first time I voted at age 18 - all else being equal, she said, vote for the woman, and if there's not a woman, vote for the one with the Irish sounding name. Still, I think, pretty good advice. When she was born in Iowa in 1913, women did not yet have the right to vote. Her own mother, my great-grandma, wasn't able to cast a vote until she was almost 40 years old. So I consider my voting every election day another way of honoring them. And speaking of honoring other great women, take a look at the photo above you of Afghan women lining up to vote at the polls, at great risk of violence from extremists. Surely we can brave a few snowflakes today to honor those who have in America's past, and in current day around the world, chosen to brave so much more that just bad weather for the right to vote.
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