Photo from Nov. 5, 2008

Photo from Nov. 5, 2008

Missouri NAACP President Mary Ratliff and seventh-grader Charity Gant, the assistant secretary of the youth section of NAACP, speak with Columbia residents Mary Kennedy and Jimmie Sutton on Tuesday in an effort to get out the vote. Several local organizations, including Services for Independent Living, provided rides to the polls and voter education on Election Day.

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