# Election Day Photos: Amos Recreation Center

![](https://phillyn-media.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/05181415/110524BeckElection-3-1620x1080.jpg)Temple alums Aforakomea Akuoko and Xuleyka Ogiata pose for a photo after voting at Amos Recreation Center in North Philadelphia on November 5, 2024. “I’m so excited, it’s just so much wrapped around into it, and we’re trying to be as positive as we can. But it’s hard, it’s tough, it’s a lot going on,” Ogiata said. “The work doesn’t stop here–Congress holds the belt to a lot of this stuff, and it’s very important to continue to use our right to vote for people in our districts, in the Senate, in the House, it’s important that we continue to move forward so we don’t feel like we have to vote for the lesser evil.”![](https://phillyn-media.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/05181530/110524BeckElection-4-1620x1080.jpg)Xuleyka Ogiata wears a sticker reading “yo voté” (“I voted” in Spanish) on her jacket after casting her ballot at Philadelphia’s Amos Playground on Tuesday, November 5, 2024.![](https://phillyn-media.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/05181642/110524BeckElection-1-1620x1080.jpg)Poll worker Nicole Juday, 54, stands outside the entrance to the voting location at Amos Playground in North Philadelphia. “I’m trying not to have a lot of emotions about it because I’m still kind of getting over 2016 when I was really optimistic and really hopeful, she said. “At 7 a.m., there were so many young people here and ready to vote–that made me feel amazing. That made my day.”![](https://phillyn-media.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/05181658/110524BeckElection-5-1619x1080.jpg)Temple students Kimora McAlpin (left) and Sanii Person (right) voted for the first time on November 5, 2024. “Leading up and prior to the election, I was really scared," McAlpin said. "But now, seeing all these people voting, it really makes me happy because I know everyone has the same end goal."