Kicker: polling places

NICK EICHER, HOST: When you think of polling places, you probably think of schools or libraries. I’ve voted in both.

But this is America where we do things uniquely.

Smithsonian Magazine compiled a really great list of unusual polling places, such as these in Philadelphia: Mummers Museum, Saigon Maxim Restaurant, the ​​Water Department Laboratory.

Then my favorite: Ray Lounsberry’s tractor shed in Nevada Township Iowa.

Also on the Smithsonian list, these Chicago polling places: The Pressure Billiards Cafe, the Lawn Lanes Bowling Alley, and the Su Nueva Laundromat.

Here’s to a clean election!

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