November 6, 2018

Front pages from local newspapers around the country led election day coverage on front pages with words including "wave," "decision" and "divided." But a good number used the front to simply remind people to vote, how to vote and where to find results. 

USA Today Network newsrooms including The Des Moines (Iowa) Register, the (Lafayette, Indiana) Journal & Courier and The (Clarksville, Tennessee) Leaf-Chronicle used the space to remind people how to find polls and to bring ID with them.

The (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) Patriot-News shared FAQs including "Can I take a selfie while voting?"

And the Chicago Sun-Times kept it simple: "Exercise your right. Vote."

Here's a collection from Newseum:

Related: This Pennsylvania PBS station is using billboards for election night updates

Related: How to follow live midterms coverage if you don't have cable

Related: Here’s how Vote.org got full-page ads into every college newspaper in the U.S.

 

 


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