Election Day Ritual: Reading 'The Poor Voter' Published November 1, 2004 at 7:00 PM HST Facebook LinkedIn Email Listen • 0:00 Commentator T.R. Reid discusses his Election Day ritual -- the reading of John Greenleaf Whittier's poem "The Poor Voter on Election Day." Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.