{"id":1831,"date":"2012-11-08T11:06:26","date_gmt":"2012-11-08T11:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?1831"},"modified":"2012-11-08T11:06:26","modified_gmt":"2012-11-08T11:06:26","slug":"woman-votes-for-obama-while-in-labour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/woman-votes-for-obama-while-in-labour\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman votes for Obama while in labour"},"content":{"rendered":"
Everyone in the US has been talking about the fact that Barack Obama has been re-elected as the president.<\/p>\n
However, one woman in particular went out of her way to make sure she cast her vote for the incumbent.<\/p>\n
Galicia Malone shocked her local polling station in Dolton, Illinois, when she turned up to mark down her preference, as she was in labour at the time.<\/p>\n
The excited 21-year-old told Chicago's WBBM radio: "I never voted before so this made a major difference in my life and I wanted this to be a stepping-stone for my daughter."<\/p>\n
Amazingly, Ms Malone's contractions were only five minutes apart, but she was sure that nothing would stop her from voting for Obama.<\/p>\n
Polling station manager David Orr paid tribute to the determination of the young lady, adding that she is setting a great example for future generations about how important it is to take part in elections.<\/p>\n
Posted by Mark Wilkins<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Galicia Malone turned up at her polling station in the middle of her labour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4861,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n