Portrait of an election

Story posted November 7, 2017 in News by Katerina Procyk

On a day when the forecast called for snow with a chance of low voter turnout, these volunteers worked to make a difference. Their efforts on Election Day 2017 are captured here on social media in words, images and video.
 

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8:12 a.m. Andrew Jackson | Judge of Elections at Friends Meetinghouse on E. Prospect Avenue Andrew Jackson, 67 of State College, has been a Judge of Elections for the past 11 years in Centre County, specifically of precincts 26 and 30 in the last two years. He said it’s common for local elections to have a lower turnout than presidential elections, with this year showing not much of a difference of turnout compared to previous elections within the first hour. “People are disillusioned about what’s going on [politically],” Jackson said. “There are issues where candidates and their parties are not satisfying [the people] and speaking out.” Jackson strongly advocates for American citizens to “speak up.” Growing in a military family, Jackson said making a difference via a vote comes second nature to him. #COMMvote2017

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Katerina Procyk

Senior / Digital and Print Journalism

Katerina Procyk is aspiring to one day go into multimedia journalism and venture into the world of digital media. Starting originally as a news writer and editor, she has moved into visual story telling. She’s worked at two different college newspapers and has interned at both a magazine and local television station. Last year, she produced two signature stories and hasn’t looked back since. She is currently the director of the SOC 119 livestream and hopes to produce more visual stories throughout her senior year and master the camera. Other than that, she enjoys bad jokes, videos of otters and adventuring through the woods with her horse.