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cali

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2. my earliest memory is f the 1960 election

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Fri Aug 31, 2012, 05:55 PM

Aug 2012

also. It's not really about voting. My parents- virulently anti-tv, rented a set to watch the debate. We kids were thrilled because we could sneak in to the library and watch cartoons. My father caught my brother in the middle of the night sitting on the floor and watching the test pattern. The TV went back to whence it came, and my parents didn't get a TV for several more years.

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What's your earliest memory of voting? [View all] hedgehog Aug 2012 OP

Followed one of my parents into a lever machine booth in a school auditorium struggle4progress Aug 2012 #1

my earliest memory is f the 1960 election cali Aug 2012 #2

That's right - my mother sent my dad out to buy a tv so they hedgehog Aug 2012 #8

Going with my dad. MrSlayer Aug 2012 #3

Sometime in the early eighties MAD Dave Aug 2012 #4

The earliest I voted was '08 sakabatou Aug 2012 #5

going with my mom stuntcat Aug 2012 #6

I loved those old machines. surrealAmerican Aug 2012 #7

Voting for Ted Kennedy when I first became eligible to vote. graywarrior Aug 2012 #9

Eisenhower-Stevenson madamesilverspurs Aug 2012 #10

Mine as well, 1956 SteveG Aug 2012 #16

My earliest memory was when I voted for JFK, RebelOne Aug 2012 #11

George McGovern, 1972 louis c Aug 2012 #12

I was standing in line to vote for the first time rrneck Aug 2012 #13

I remember Spirochete Aug 2012 #14

2004. Lilyeye Aug 2012 #15

Similar to yours, but in Mexico nadinbrzezinski Aug 2012 #17

What I remember is volunteering my home as a polling place for a few years pinboy3niner Aug 2012 #18

I remember going to the polls with my parents in 1962 hifiguy Aug 2012 #19