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The Daily OrangeFirst-time voters express excitement for election
By Melissa Daniels
Posted: 11/5/08, 6:19 AM EST Section: News
"At first I thought it was going to be confusing and hard, but it was actually a very easy process," Funderburk said. "I finished the ballot in three minutes."
Regardless of the means, Funderburk said all her friends voted.
"I don't know one of my friends who hasn't voted," she said. "It does show a lot of people care, and a lot of people are going out and voting. It's really good that people are taking the initiative and persuading their friends to vote. I must've had 100 text messages today telling me to vote."
Megan Merchant, a senior information technology management major, said her friends and family helped persuade her to vote this year.
"I never really thought about voting, but I really wanted to this year," she said. "It was actually pretty easy, and it took me longer to get there than it actually did to vote."
Evora agreed that the pressure from friends and family to vote helped make students care about this year's election. Throughout the day, students checking Facebook may have seen the mass status updates. Updates said users were "getting out the vote for Barack Obama" or "donating their status to John McCain."
"My roommate doesn't use her status," Evora said, "but she had her status changed today."
mdanie01@syr.edu
Regardless of the means, Funderburk said all her friends voted.
"I don't know one of my friends who hasn't voted," she said. "It does show a lot of people care, and a lot of people are going out and voting. It's really good that people are taking the initiative and persuading their friends to vote. I must've had 100 text messages today telling me to vote."
Megan Merchant, a senior information technology management major, said her friends and family helped persuade her to vote this year.
"I never really thought about voting, but I really wanted to this year," she said. "It was actually pretty easy, and it took me longer to get there than it actually did to vote."
Evora agreed that the pressure from friends and family to vote helped make students care about this year's election. Throughout the day, students checking Facebook may have seen the mass status updates. Updates said users were "getting out the vote for Barack Obama" or "donating their status to John McCain."
"My roommate doesn't use her status," Evora said, "but she had her status changed today."
mdanie01@syr.edu
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