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Has Mail-In Voting Changed the Way You Vote?
11/03/2009 at 12:00 p.m.
12:00 p.m.
Precinct Parties
People who want to avoid paying postage can drop their ballot at neighborhood centers in Seattle. The centers are holding open house celebrations later today to thank voters.
Bookstore Blues
Bailey/Coy Books on Capitol Hill will close at the end of November. How will this affect the neighborhood? We'll talk to owner Michael Wells.
12:20 p.m.
How Do You Vote?
Election Day used to be the day most people voted. Now Election Day is a misnomer. You can vote and mail in your ballot whenever you want. Today is just a deadline. Has this changed the way you vote? Do you do research as you vote? Do you vote with friends or family? Do you host ballot parties?
12:40 p.m.
Whitopia
More Americans are moving to small towns and exurban areas that are predominately white. Rich Benjamin explores three of those places — in Georgia, Idaho and Utah — for his new book "Searching for Whitopia."
Guest(s)
Veronica Sherman–King is the program manager for the Neighborhood District Coordinators and Citywide Neighborhood Council.
Michael Wells owns Bailey/Coy Books on Capitol Hill. He announced Sunday that he plans to close the store at the end of November.
Rich Benjamin is a journalist, a senior fellow at Demos and the author of "Searching for Whitopia: An Improbable Journey to the Heartland of White America."
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