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Live Blogging Super Tuesday : Queens , NYC Polling Sites and Outreach

17:58 H | Topics: New York City - Politics - US Presidential Race 2008

Jackson Heights, Queens, NYC, a huge immigrant hub, is seeing lots of flyers being handed out, many just reminding people to vote today. In Corona, a large Latino immigrant community, Barack Obama's people were out flyering, or so I gathered by the amount of Barack Obama fliers being stepped on. Many campaigns don't even bother with Corona some times because of the large amount of undocumented residents there.

Rego Park is seeing lots of heavy traffic but there are lots of machines so the lines are moving.

And a sad reminder that for some Latino voters, the vote isn't important. One Cubana/Dominicana 30 year old pre-k teacher spoken to in Jackson Heights said she was too stupid to vote and that's why she wasn't voting. Despite many people telling her they would show her how to vote, she wouldn't be convinced.

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