Ailsa Chang, Weekend Edition

Ailsa here reporting from Glen Allen, a surburb of Richmond, VA. Glen Allen is a heavily Republican area, but pollsters say the race between Barack Obama and John McCain will be tight here. We're at St. Anthony Maronite Catholic Church on Sadler Road, where 32-year-old Makisa George has just voted. George was accompanied by her boyfriend, her daughter and her boyfriend's son. She's a registered Independent, but has made special efforts this year to get her friends and family out on Election Day to vote for Senator Obama. She called so many people, in fact, that she received a flood of calls this morning from friends, each reassuring her that they had voted.

"I mean, everybody has been calling me in the morning since 6:30 - 'I voted,' " she said. "I mean, everybody has been calling. From New Jersey and stuff, they've all been up. My brother called at 5 o'clock in the morning. He says, 'It feels like Christmas Day. Why isn't everyone up to get their gifts?' "

George said she's been especially worried about the economy and thinks Obama is the candidate who can send a real jolt through the country. She said she received several calls from both the McCain and Obama camps, asking for her vote.

"I'm registered Independent," George said, "so I think they want me."

2:47 - November 4, 2008

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