{"id":326,"date":"2016-11-08T22:39:04","date_gmt":"2016-11-09T03:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/?p=326"},"modified":"2016-11-09T10:56:11","modified_gmt":"2016-11-09T15:56:11","slug":"politically-engaged-high-school-senior-votes-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/2016\/11\/08\/politically-engaged-high-school-senior-votes-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Politically engaged high school senior votes for the first time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By: Rachel Levy-McLaughlin and Shalu Mehta<br \/>\nNov. 8, 2016<\/p>\n<p>OGDENSBURG, NY &#8211; High school senior, Dedan Graveline, voted for the first time today.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-329\" src=\"http:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/14976283_10154464328861084_1906100409_o-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"14976283_10154464328861084_1906100409_o\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/14976283_10154464328861084_1906100409_o-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/14976283_10154464328861084_1906100409_o-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/14976283_10154464328861084_1906100409_o-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/14976283_10154464328861084_1906100409_o-2000x1333.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/14976283_10154464328861084_1906100409_o.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Photo taken by Shalu Mehta<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dedan\u00a0voted at the Dobinsky Centre in Ogdensburg today with his parents. Amy and Brett Graveline are not normally involved in the news or elections, but Dedan&#8217;s engagement this year has rubbed off on them.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-330\" src=\"http:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/15007631_10154464320726084_2083245431_o-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"15007631_10154464320726084_2083245431_o\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/15007631_10154464320726084_2083245431_o-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/15007631_10154464320726084_2083245431_o-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/15007631_10154464320726084_2083245431_o-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/15007631_10154464320726084_2083245431_o-2000x1333.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/15007631_10154464320726084_2083245431_o.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Photo taken by Shalu Mehta<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the way to the polling station, Dedan\u00a0explained why he supports Independent candidate Gary Johnson. That is who he cast his ballot for today.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/292184971&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Dedan described the polling station as open and pleasant, though the election, he said, is not.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-338\" src=\"http:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/15007645_10154464322071084_1257476500_o-1-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"15007645_10154464322071084_1257476500_o\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/15007645_10154464322071084_1257476500_o-1-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/15007645_10154464322071084_1257476500_o-1-768x573.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/15007645_10154464322071084_1257476500_o-1-1024x763.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/15007645_10154464322071084_1257476500_o-1-670x500.jpg 670w, https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/15007645_10154464322071084_1257476500_o-1.jpg 1513w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Photo taken by Shalu Mehta<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Although Dedan predicts a Trump victory, he felt good about his first cast ballot.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-328\" src=\"http:\/\/cusjc.ca\/americavotes2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/15045506_10154464311036084_1274471976_o-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"15045506_10154464311036084_1274471976_o\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Photo taken by Shalu Mehta.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Rachel Levy-McLaughlin and Shalu Mehta Nov. 8, 2016 OGDENSBURG, NY &#8211;&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":332,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[54,62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rachel-levy-mclaughlin","category-shalu-mehta"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.3 - 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