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• On the morning of November 4, 2008, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama voted at his neighborhood's polling station in Chicago, Illinois. Obama was accompanied by his wife Michelle Obama and their two daughters, Sasha and Malia. He paused a few times as he completed his ballot and smiled at his daughters. After he inserted his ballot in the box, he held up his validation slip and said, "I voted." The room full of voters broke out in a round of applause.NBC Chicago: Obama: "I Voted" (November 4, 2008)

• Fast Facts

  1. Voted in Chicago, Illinois
  2. Polling station: Beulah Shoesmith Elementary School
  3. Time of vote: 7:36 a.m. local time
  4. Accompanied by wife and daughters
  5. Obama did not have to wait in the one-hour long lineNBC Chicago: Obama: "I Voted" (November 4, 2008)
  6. When he put the ballot in the box he joked, "I hope this works, It would be really embarrassing if it doesn't"NBC Chicago: Obama: "I Voted" (November 4, 2008)
  7. Joe Biden voted in Wilmington, Delaware, with his wife, Jill Biden and his 91-year-old motherThe National: Obama Casts His Vote (November 4, 2008)
  8. Obama announced the death of his grandmother the day before election day on November 3, 2008
  9. Obama's grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, cast an absentee ballot before she died; her vote will countThe Australian: Obama's Grandmother's vote will count(November 4, 2008)
  10. On November 4, 2008, Obama's election night party will be held in Chicago's Grant Park; about 100,000 people expected to attendCBS2: Election Night In Grant Park... (October 23, 2008)

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  Barack Obama Obama Cabinet | Where to Vote | Election Day | Michelle Obama | Sasha Obama | Malia Obama | Joe Biden | Jill Biden | Obama Election Night Party | Grant Park Chicago | McCain Voting

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