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Look at all these technologists casting their #PhillyTechVotes

Join the tech scene in voting.

Today's the day, folks. (Photo by Flickr user VoteEFX, used under a Creative Commons license)

Text from Philly Startup Leaders’ Yuval Yarden yesterday at 7:06 p.m.

"I think we should start the hashtag #phillytechvotes tomorrow."

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Right, and we know better than to say no to Yarden.
Here’s a voting guide from Philly Mag and here’s a look at who’s voting in the tech scene.

Some voted at the break of dawn:

Some sported their stickers on SEPTA:

https://twitter.com/laurenlewis1618/status/724952864137859072

Some used lots of hashtags:

Some went in pairs:


Above, that’s Ben Franklin Technology Partners’ Alan Kraus and Robin Hood Ventures’ Ellen Weber. Below, we spotted Chief Data Officer Tim Wisniewski in the reflection of Code for Philly Executive Director Dawn McDougall’s sunnies.

Some advertised a Philly-built product in the process:

Some were upside-down:

And here’s Yarden herself:

“It’s important to show our elected officials that we’re more than residents, we’re citizens who can impact their political futures,” Yarden said of the tech scene’s social media effort. “We are under-utilizing our power to influence decision making when we go into a city council member’s office, or invite the mayor to speak at events, if we cannot also show them that we take part in our political system.”

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