{"id":4109,"date":"2016-03-15T09:03:07","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T15:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/janetheactuary\/?p=4109"},"modified":"2016-03-15T09:06:50","modified_gmt":"2016-03-15T15:06:50","slug":"i-voted-did-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/janetheactuary\/2016\/03\/i-voted-did-you.html","title":{"rendered":"I voted!  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