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Rosa Flores: March 2008 Archives


Caucuses... A waiting affair

9:28 PM Tue, Mar 04, 2008 |
Rosa Flores

Every now and then we have trouble convincing people to talk to us on camera... at Precinct 19 and 24... that was not the case.

As soon as my photographer and I walked into Dodson Elementary school dozens of voters raised their hands and said,
"What channel are you with?"
"This needs to be on the news, we've been waiting for hours."
"We've been standing outside for hours."

Most voters were upset, tired, but ready to exercise their right to vote and head home.
But, noone was going anywhere fast.
Some of the people waiting in line told me that many voters turned around a...



Texas Primary... Bringing Communities together?

8:31 PM Tue, Mar 04, 2008 |
Rosa Flores

Dozens of people waited patiently outside the doors of the Cage Elementary Cafeteria in Southeast Houston.
I could hear voters ask, "What is taking so long?" Other voters asked the same thing in Spanish, "Que es la demora."
I could see people inside the cafeteria walking back and forth, looking for pens and orgainzing sheets of paper, but couldn't determine what, in fact, was taking so long.
It was past 7 and the polls were closed, and so were the doors of the caucus.
But I was quickly distracted by the conversations of the dozens of people who continued to wait patiently.
"So, how is...