US President Barack Obama has cast his ballot for the
November 08,2016 general elections, which would elect his successor, by taking
benefit of the provision of “early voting” in his home town of Chicago at the Cook County Office Building in Chicago, Illinois, USA on Friday October 7, 2016.
Early
voting, which has gained popularity in the last few election cycle,
allows a voter to exercise their right to vote several weeks ahead of
the main date of the general elections.
Though it varies from State to State, in some cases it can go back to as many as 50 days.
However,
he did not tell the press travelling with him, who did he vote for. In
fact, he pretended to hide his voting in a basement of the Chicago Board
of Elections.
Obama has been campaigning for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton to succeed him in the Oval Office.
After
locating his machine and beginning to vote, Obama looked up at the pool
and cracked, “they can’t see who I’m voting for can they?” and feigned
an effort to shield the screen.
Asked who he voted for, the US President looked up and smirked.
“Voted
early today. Make sure you vote too,” Obama said in a tweet. Obama, 55,
was a US senator from Illinois prior to becoming president
In 2012, he was the first US President to vote early. He and the Clinton campaign have been urging people to vote early.
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