Picture Election Day 2012
Photo posted November 6, 2012 in News, Election 2012 by Comm 469 Students
A look at Election Day 2012 through the eyes of the Advanced Photojournalism students in the College of Communications.

Glen Mower checks in with his wife, Anne, to cast their vote in the 2012 Presidential election at Mike's Video, TV & Appliance in State College. Glen and his wife have been voting for over 70 years. / Photo by Chris Lipfert

Dawn breaks around the one-room Coleville Election House in Bellefonte, Pa. on Election Day. / Photo by Sara Matulonis

An American flag hangs outside the Coleville Election House in Bellefonte, Pa. shortly before the polls opened. 619 Bellefonte residents are registered to vote at the one-room polling place. / Photo by Sara Matulonis

Before the polls open, volunteers Jack Miller and John McKinstery go over the Election Day procedures with the four student volunteers from Bellefonte High School who are assisting them at the Coleville Election House in Bellefonte. / Photo by Sara Matulonis

Alex Morelli, left, talks with Rick Soulas, a student-election worker with the Centre County Commissioner's office. Soulas was directing students to their correct voting location within the HUB-Robeson Center at Penn State. / Photo by Andrew Tarr

Jessica Ruiz, a junior bio-behavioral sciences major at Penn State, votes for the first time at the Park Crest Terrace polling place in State College. "It's important to vote because it gives me a voice, even though it's one voice it still matters", said Ruiz. / Photo by Nina Abbott

Jay Paterno, second from left, campaigns with students working for the Obama campaign at Penn State's HUB-Robeson Center. / Photo by Nina Abbott

Debrah Dillard, of State College, volunteers in support of Republican candidates outside Oakwood Presbyterian Church on Waddle Road in State College. / Photo by Brittany Gehoski

Julie Mastrine, a sophomore public relations major, demonstrates outside the HUB-Robeson Center as students vote at a polling place inside / Photo by Sierra Dole

Suzanne Cross observes voters in line as a poll watcher inside Mike's Video TV & Appliance Store in State College. / Photo by Brittany Gehoski

James Bleil places his vote at the polling place at the Knights of Columbus on Stratford Drive in State College. / Photo by Steven Osborn

Penn State senior Sloane Shearman holds signs outside the entrance to the HUB Robeson Center protesting the state of American politics. The HUB is the voting location for the majority of Penn State students. / Photo by Dave Cole

Yasoda Mensah, left, a supporter for President Barack Obama, engages in a conversation at the HUB Robeson Center polling location at Penn State. / Photo by Dave Cole

Students volunteering in support of both the Republican and Democratic parties lined the hall of the HUB-Robeson Center to greet voters on their way to vote. / Photo by Kristen Hopf

From left, election officials Jeanette Baumbach, Naomi Leubuscher, and Nancy Hopkins fill out voter registration paperwork at Mike's Video, TV & Appliance in State College. / Photo by Chris Lipfert

Laura Brown, left, head of PSU Votes, recruits students in the HUB Robeson Center to sign a petition in favor of giving all Penn State students Election Day off from classes. / Photo by Katherine Rodriguez

John Vincenti, who works with SCORE Central Pa., a national volunteer organization that support s small business development, welcomes voters as they enter Mike's Video, TV & Appliance in State College. Vincenti says he is excited for tomorrow's future. / Photo by Irene Yiu

Poll workers wait for voters at St. Paul's United Methodist Church in downtown State College on Tuesday evening. / Photo by Lucia Sofo

Voters pose in front of political posters by the HUB polling location on Tuesday night. Photo By: / Photo by Lucia Sofo

Jay Paterno, right, volunteers at the polls on Election Day with Penn State student Ryan Kristopik. The two help to show a voting student which line in Alumni Hall he should stand in to vote. / Photo by Savannah Smith

Amanda Dash sits outside of the HUB-Robeson Center as students vote inside. Dash was protesting with the group, Students for a Democratic Society. / Photo by Shannon Holzer

Alecia Panuski hands out Obama bumper stickers at the HUB-Robeson Center on Election Day. / Photo by Shannon Holzer