November 8, 2016 : City Limits

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Green Party Grows, Slowly, in the Bronx

Annie Nova | November 8, 2016

Just 750 people in the Bronx call themselves Green Party members. But back in 1999, that number was 14. “It’s definitely growing,” said Aesha Valencia, 27, who lives in the Norwood section of the Bronx and is Green Party-registered. “There’s a lot of people out there who want to put the planet first.” Valencia said she’s tired of two-party loyalists telling her that she’s throwing away her vote or helping to get the Republican nominee for president, Donald J. Trump, elected.

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Photo Essay: Voting in Coop City

Adi Talwar | November 8, 2016

One of the largest polling sites in the Bronx is situated at Coop City, serving 19 election districts.

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Latino Voters in Hunts Point Get to Send a Message to Donald Trump

Micah Danney | November 8, 2016

One voter’s objection? ‘He doesn’t explain anything.’

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Republicans in the Bronx Admire Trump’s Strength

Milana Vinn and Kellie Ell | November 8, 2016

GOP voters in the borough face a steep registration disadvantage. But the ones we met on Election Day made up for it with enthusiasm for Donald Trump.

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Why They Voted in the Bronx

Windila Balbone, Robinson Bautista, Angel Caraballo, Lia Garot, Abel Gomez, Valeria Hernandez and Semiramis Marte | November 8, 2016

City Limits’ Bronx Investigative Internship team was out at the polling sites today, asking people not who got their vote, but what helped them decide.

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BronxVotes: Trying Everything to Change Friends’ Minds

Tiye Sheppard | November 8, 2016

At a polling site on the Manhattan College campus, Clinton supporter Satinath Choudhary snapped pictures of voters entering the polling center, sending them to friends he was trying to coax into voting.

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BronxVotes: People Waited Up to 90 Minutes to Vote in Parkchester

William Mathis | November 8, 2016

‘What’s at stake is the future of our children,’ Michelle Ortiz said. ‘We got young girls growing up, we don’t want to set ourselves back to the 1930s.’

BronxVotes: A Poll Worker’s View on the Machinery of Democracy

Sarah Kerr and Tiye Sheppard | November 8, 2016

The largely thankless task of a polling place coordinator differs election to election, but the mission is always the same: helping people commit democracy.