A polling worker laughs after U.S. President Barack Obama mimicked the way she checked the photo on his driver's license, as he voted early at the Martin Luther King Community Center in ChicagoCHICAGO (Reuters) - President Barack Obama cast his ballot for the November 6 election on Thursday in his hometown of Chicago and encouraged others who could vote before Election Day to follow his example. Obama, who was a U.S. senator from Illinois and had before becoming president, went to an early-voting facility to show his driver's license before making his pick for president. "I'm just glad I renewed my driver's license," the president said after a poll worker asked to see his photo ID. When he handed it over, she studied it closely. ...



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