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OnlinePoker

(5,719 posts) Tue Nov 1, 2016, 11:19 AM Nov 2016

YMCA helping get out the vote...offers free childcare on election day.

The YMCA of the USA is trying to make sure you can get to the polls.

On Friday, the Y announced they’d be offering child care so parents can vote on Nov. 8.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/10/28/ymca-election-day-free-child-care/92894600/

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YMCA helping get out the vote...offers free childcare on election day. (Original Post) OnlinePoker Nov 2016 OP

Yay for the YMCA!!!!!!! Farmgirl1961 Nov 2016 #1

When I first read your post... zanana1 Nov 2016 #2

K & R ......for visibility..nt Wounded Bear Nov 2016 #4

I would much rather parents bring their children to the polls Massacure Nov 2016 #5

This only works if the lines are short. OnlinePoker Nov 2016 #6

Farmgirl1961

(1,493 posts)

1. Yay for the YMCA!!!!!!!

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Tue Nov 1, 2016, 11:20 AM

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zanana1

(6,103 posts)

2. When I first read your post...

Reply to OnlinePoker (Original post)

Tue Nov 1, 2016, 11:25 AM

Nov 2016

I thought it read "offers free children" on election day! Sorry. I'm old.

Wounded Bear

(58,604 posts)

4. K & R ......for visibility..nt

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Tue Nov 1, 2016, 11:51 AM

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Massacure

(7,515 posts)

5. I would much rather parents bring their children to the polls

Reply to OnlinePoker (Original post)

Tue Nov 1, 2016, 12:19 PM

Nov 2016

Parent's really need to use the opportunity to teach their kids about the importance of voting.

OnlinePoker

(5,719 posts)

6. This only works if the lines are short.

Reply to Massacure (Reply #5)

Tue Nov 1, 2016, 12:39 PM

Nov 2016

Long lines and waiting around and the kids will start getting restless. They start making a fuss and some parents might leave the line rather than stay and vote.

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