Get Out And Vote

North End goes to the polls: Today is the election. Go early, mid-day or evening but make sure you exercise your right to vote.

No events but a gift to latecomers: The North End Library on Parmenter Street, along with others in Boston, is waiving fines for overdue books and other checked-out materials from today until Thanksgiving.

This Day in History: On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected the 16^th president of the United States. He was the first Republican to win that office. Lincoln received 40 percent of the popular vote but defeated the other candidates: Southern Democrat John Breckinridge, Constitutional Union John Bell and Northern Democrat Stephen Douglas.

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