president obama said he would be voting in chicago, saying "i<u+2019>m gonna be doing a little campaigning and a little voting, too." | getty by nolan d. mccaskill 10/07/16 04:02 pm edt updated 10/07/16 04:00 pm edt president barack obama voted early in chicago on friday. obama rushed into the basement of the chicago board of elections office to vote friday afternoon. <u+201c>you guys are doing a wonderful job. appreciate ya,<u+201d> the president told about a dozen poll workers as he filled out his ballot. story continued below <u+201c>what<u+2019>s my date of birth? 8/4/81?<u+201d> he joked. after a poll worker said, <u+201c>nice try!<u+201d> obama explained that he was <u+201c>shaving just a couple of decades off.<u+201d> as he completed his ballot, obama looked back and quipped, <u+201c>they can<u+2019>t see who i<u+2019>m voting for, can they?<u+201d> obama has endorsed his former secretary of state, hillary clinton, and warned against a donald trump presidency. but even so, he wouldn't specify who he voted for. he just looked up and smirked. obama revealed his voting plans friday morning after being briefed on hurricane matthew. he has spent recent weeks advocating for early voting and a robust turnout, arguing that just booing the republican presidential nominee is not enough. he said friday that while he wouldn<u+2019>t be at a precinct, he planned to vote early while he<u+2019>s in chicago, where he spoke and took questions at a democratic congressional campaign committee event and is scheduled to participate in a democratic national committee roundtable. early voting in illinois kicked off sept. 29, and voters can cast their ballots early up until nov. 7. <u+201c>i<u+2019>m not gonna vote at the precinct,<u+201d> obama told a reporter friday morning when asked if he would vote while he<u+2019>s in chicago. <u+201c>i<u+2019>ll probably do early vote. i<u+2019>ll fill out my form. don<u+2019>t worry. i<u+2019>ll be voting, man. i<u+2019>m gonna be doing a little campaigning and a little voting, too.<u+201d> obama will also stump for his former clinton on tuesday in greensboro, north carolina. his trip to chicago, however, was briefly delayed <u+2014> as national journal<u+2019>s george condon noted in a white house pool report. <u+201c>the president exited the oval [office] at 11:11, made it as far as the playground equipment and spun on his heels and returned to his office,<u+201d> the report said. <u+201c>thirty seconds later, he emerged again, this time holding aloft his cellphone, proving that even the leader of the free world can't leave home without his phone. he waved several times as he made his way to marine one.<u+201d> walking to marine one, pres obama suddenly checks his pockets, does a 180 - and scoots back to the oval office. pic.twitter.com/7qflaspslp <u+2014> mark knoller (@markknoller) october 7, 2016 by michael grunwald by bill scher by thomas wright by joshua zeitz
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