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The new guard
Justin Alfond had never been more excited to wait in line. For once, he was glad to push his way through the crowd. The 31-year-old state director for the League of Young Voters was surrounded by his peers.Thousands of them.The day was Nov. 7, and before finally disappearing behind the voting-booth curtain, Alfond was cleared of any last-minute traces of doubt; he knew he'd done his job before even finding out the results of the election."An election warden told me that from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. the lines were out the door and 75 percent of the voters where under 30 years old
