MADISON, Wis. — Students are lining up to vote at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where many are casting their first ballots in a presidential election.
Freshman Lamel Adkins said that he’s proud that his first vote for Democrat Barak Obama. Adkins said that it’s a historic election because no other black candidate has gotten as far as Obama.
UW-Madison has had one of the most active Students for Barack Obama groups in the country, and Obama’s team is hoping to win big there.