This morning I participated in history.\u00a0 I walked into the Midland Park, New Jersey\u00a0Public Library, the polling site for my district.\u00a0 Three elderly ladies staffed the table where I signed the voter log and received a paper ticket indicating my eligibility to vote.\u00a0 I stepped up to the voting machine (there was no line) and handed another elderly attendant my ticket.\u00a0 She threaded the ticket onto a long string full of tickets.\u00a0 I walked through the curtain and paused for a moment to consider the privilege I was about to exercise.\u00a0 In a moment I would press a button to submit my vote for (arguably) the most powerful political job in the world.\u00a0 The campaign had been fierce and both sides offered wonderfully path-breaking choices — a black man for President or a woman for Vice President.\u00a0 There were no guns.\u00a0 There was no blood, no fear, no coercion.\u00a0 Just me and some buttons.\u00a0 I made my choices and left in peace.\u00a0 History won’t remember my vote, but it will remember this day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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