Election Day Photos: Mastery Pickett Charter School

Photos by Nicholas Gangewere

November 5, 2024Sarah LandwehrNeighborhoods

110524GangewereElection-1 — Doris Marie Gainer, a poll machine operator, dances and greets voters outside Mastery Charter School on Nov. 5, 2024. Gainer said, "So far the election process has been beautiful, it's been beautiful, the people and just everything about it."

A DJ at the Polls set outside Mastery Charter School on Election Day on Nov. 5, 2024. The DJs are meant to remain outside their polling locations all day despite numbers dwindling beyond the morning.

Green Party advocate Chris Robinson outside Mastery Charter School after voting on Nov. 5, 2024. Robinson said, “I am for democracy, I am trying to get more third parties on the ballot and they keep pushing us off, so it’s been a big struggle.”

Lydia Cooper outside Mastery Charter School after voting on Nov. 5, 2024. Cooper said, “The issues I care most about are keeping democracy safe, and I am surprisingly pro-immigration. Jesus was an immigrant, he was a refugee at one time, and I am all for the Statue of Liberty.”

Macorda Harris outside Mastery Charter School before voting on Nov. 5, 2024. Harris said, “Man, we need Trump in office, we don’t need Harris no more.”

John Allen Matthews outside Mastery Charter School before voting on Nov. 5, 2024. Matthews said, “The election process is always a headache, you know.”

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