1.0 link 139869 <![CDATA[Oprah Opts For Early-Voting, Has Voting Booth Meltdown (VIDEO)]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/31/oprah-opts-for-early-voti_n_139869.html Oprah Winfrey announced on her live show Friday that she took advantage of Illinois' early-voting laws and voted Thursday in Chicago - but not without a voting booth scare and near emotional meltdown.

"I was worried that there's gonna be such long lines, and I have a live show," Winfrey said, justifying her decision to vote early.

She waited 72 minutes to vote, only to have a near-meltdown in the booth.

"When I voted yesterday electronically, the first vote that you vote...

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