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School teacher Paul Thompson urges pedestrians and drivers to vote during rush hour on the busy corner of Lake & Hennepin in Minneapolis's Uptown neighborhood. Thompson supports Barack Obama, as well as the Minneapolis school levy.
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Line down Summit Avenue
A line of voters stretched down Summit Avenue to cast their vote.
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Paul Thompson
School teacher Paul Thompson urges pedestrians and drivers to vote during rush hour on the busy corner of Lake & Hennepin in Minneapolis's Uptown neighborhood. Thompson supports Barack Obama, as well as the Minneapolis school levy.
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Minneapolis voters
Voters passed the time in a variety of ways while waiting in line at a VFW Club on Lyndale Avenue near Lake Street in Minneapolis. The line in the morning at that polling station stretched for two-and-a-half blocks with waits up to two hours.
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