Is the election becoming a little too intense for you?  Lighten up by casting your Great Northern Bean to vote in the Main Library’s strictly unofficial presidential bean poll on Election Day, Nov. 4th. 

The bean poll will be located at the kiosk near the Information Desk at the Main Library.

Here’s how it works; simply drop a bean in the glass jar marked with your candidate’s name between 8:00 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 4th, Election Day.  Library Poll workers will tally the count and announce the results on Wednesday, Nov. 5th.

The six major presidential candidates according to Project Vote Smart are:

• Charles O. Baldwin (Constitution Party)
• Robert L. Barr (Independent, Libertarian Party)
• John S. McCain, III (Republican Party)
• Cynthia Ann McKinney (Independent, Green Party)
• Ralph Nader (No Party Affiliation, Independent)
• Barack H. Obama, Jr. (Democratic Party)