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Raising funds at Fairfax Co. polling place, and nobody minds

CENTREVILLE, Va. — In what’s become one of the most polarizing seasons in history, some future voters have found a way to unify people coming to one of Fairfax County’s busiest polling places.

Overlooking a table of freshly-baked cookies, cupcakes, brownies and other desserts, organizer Gabie Nicchitta says the Centreville High School Chorale Boosters are using a bake sale to raise money for music, music stands and other items needed for the school’s choir groups.

“It’s a really good place for us to bond — and to make money,” Nicchitta says with a laugh.

Located right outside the school door, behind the line and signs that limit campaigning, the bake sale seems genuinely non-partisan.

“Oh yeah, food unifies everybody,” she says. “There’s no politics in food.”

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