Jordan Rice, 24, has voted in one election before Tuesday. He can't recall the ballot he cast in the last presidential election while still in his hometown of Big Spring. "I voted for an independent whose name I can't remember four years later," Rice said. "The Republicans didn't have a great candidate and I didn't believe in Obama's politics, so ... [Read More…]

She almost didn't vote. Sara Bunch, second-year graduate speech pathology student from Sugarland, said she felt apathetic this election season - the third year she has been eligible to vote. Reflecting on Jesus' last prayer for his disciples - division, plain and simple, is what nearly kept Bunch from voting. "The mission of Christ is to be ... [Read More…]

Marla Diaz shows up to the University Church parking lot in a van carrying a group of around 10 kids from Kenley School in Abilene. Diaz teaches at Kenley and does not want to pass up an opportunity to make voting "real" for her students. After getting a tour, the kids come back out of the church gym giggling. "I want to set an example and ... [Read More…]

By Katie Cukrowski Responding to pressure from her grandmother to vote, young mother Beth Purcell cast her ballot at University Church of Christ on Election Day. "I wasn't really happy with any of the choices, but I [still voted]." The first time she voted was in 2000, when George W. Bush elected for the first time. And she hadn't voted since ... [Read More…]

Ashlee Spann, freshman biology major from Wichita Falls, walked out of the Hillcrest Church of Christ polling place Tuesday morning after voting for the first time. 19-year-old Spann said she was excited and a little nervous when she walked into the polling place in the Multi-Purpose Room of the church. She said she didn't know what to expect when ... [Read More…]