Alabama county passes Obama holiday

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081203/ap_ ... ma_holiday

In central Alabama's Perry County, government workers already get a day off for President's Day, Martin Luther King Day, and Veterans Day. In 2009, they'll get one more: "Barack Obama Day."

The rural county, which overwhelmingly supported Obama in last month's presidential election, has approved the second Monday in November as "The Barack Obama Day." Commissioners passed a measure that would close county offices for the new annual holiday and its roughly 40 workers will get a paid day off.

Sponsoring commissioner Albert Turner Jr. said the holiday is meant to highlight the Democratic president-elect's victory as a way to give people faith that difficult goals can be achieved.

 

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This doesn't surprise anyone in Alabama. Perry county is 1 of 6 counties in the state that has more people on the voting rolls than there are people of voting age in their counties. The voter registration rolls for the rest of the counties in the state runs about 85% of the voting age population.

Guess how all 6 counties voted this past election.