But among the hoopla and posturing, something that might actually affect the way you vote happened, in the sense that you might not vote at all.
The first recorded public declaration for women's right to vote happened at Seneca Falls, N.Y., on July 19 , 1848 and was considered as radical as the Declaration of Independence.
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Anyone can vote, and the voting happens in real time, while the map collects the locations of responders.
This kind of voting happens every election – where voters make their preferences known down-ballot but don't mark anyone for president – but never in such numbers.
It's hard to see now, but the large field of Republican candidates will almost certainly be winnowed down to three or four contenders after the voting happens in the first three states — Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina.
The date matters, because the US and its European allies will not lift sanctions until voting happens, and Zanu-PF, the party of long-time leader Robert Mugabe, refuses fully to implement a 2008 political deal until sanctions are lifted.
The federal fiscal year closed about a month before the voting happened, and the federal budget finished the year with a still-large deficit of over a trillion dollars.
There was talk of a vote happening Wednesday.
In an interview Mr. Griffin cited her strong ratings and asked, "How could you not be over the moon about her?" "She even handled breaking news last week, with the debt-ceiling votes happening," he said.
