Voting in Sandy-struck areas: 'First step toward recovery'
Excerpt:BREEZY POINT, N. Y. -- Many individuals residing in the urban areas and towns devastated by Superstorm Sandy broke off from their cleanups, search for keepsakes and struggle to keep cozy to vote Tuesday in the presidential election , with one man noting it was "the first step toward recovery. " Election officials in New Jersey and New York made unique provisions for voters who lost their houses after Sandy pounded the Northeast, leaving many homeless and without gas to sustain their autos , and ballot stations without power. In New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo enabled people in the catastrophe areas to vote at any polling station they could possibly get to, while in New Jersey, they could possibly do so by e-mail or by hitching a trip with soldiers or aid teams to the voting booths, according to NBC New York.
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Superstorm Sandy
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| -0.0237747 | Superstorm Sandy broke off from their cleanups, search for keepsakes and struggle to keep warm to vote Tuesday in the presidential election, with one man noting it was “the first step toward recovery.” |
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Nikolas Policastro
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Michele Nagel
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Kieran Burke
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| 0.180797 | “The world isn’t going to stop because of what happened here, and if we expect to get on our feet we have to vote for the people we think are going to best represent us,” said Burke, ... |
| 0 | “The world isn’t going to stop because of what happened here, and if we expect to get on our feet we have to vote for the people we think are going to best represent us,” said Burke, a 40-year-old fire marshal, who lost his home in the fire triggered by Sandy. “What we have is either gone or needs attention. But going forward, you know, if we just ignore this process, then you really can’t complain about what the outcome is.” |
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David Friedman
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Richard Mele
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John Makely
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo
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Lt. Gov. Kim Guadango
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| 0 | "It has become apparent that County Clerks are receiving applications at a rate that outpaces their capacity to process them without an extension," Lt. Gov. Kim Guadango said. ... |
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Tom Frank
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| 0 | “Voting is the first step toward recovery,” said Tom Frank, ... |
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Katie Wang
Overall Sentiment: 0.0768323
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Samantha Nagel
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George Gilmore
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Samantha
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Renee Kearney
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Michael Isikoff
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Bob Sullivan
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Talesha Reynolds
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Company: NBC News
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Company: NBC
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Organization: Ocean County Board of Elections
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City: BREEZY POINT
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City: New York
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Relevance: 0.524607
StateOrCounty: New Jersey
Overall Sentiment: -0.165898
Relevance: 0.467292
StateOrCounty: N.Y.
Overall Sentiment: 0.0120076
Relevance: 0.398531
StateOrCounty: Ocean County
Overall Sentiment: -0.0441134
Relevance: 0.326374
Region: Northeast
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