Alabama Town To Have 'Obama' Holiday

MARION, Ala. (AP) - A small central Alabama county where Barack
Obama received more than 70 percent of the vote on Election Day has
created an annual holiday in honor of the president-elect.
The Perry County commission voted 4 to 1 to observe the second
Monday in November as "The Barack Obama Day." County offices will
close and its roughly 40 workers will get a paid holiday.
The sponsoring commissioner said the holiday is meant to give
people faith that difficult goals can be achieved by reflecting on
Obama's victory.
The majority of the county's 12,000 residents are black.
An Associated Press exit poll found black voters in Alabama
almost universally supported Obama while more than eight in 10
whites backed Republican John McCain. McCain carried the state by
60 percent.
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