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Greeks Reveal Euro or No in First Election Since Economy Shrank

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Alexandra Paschia’s toddler runs among the shoes marked down to 5 euros ($6.63) from 50 euros in their family-run store in Athens. The demise of Greece’s economy has spanned the life of the 2 1/2-year-old girl, and ensures there are no customers to bump into a week before elections.

“This crisis has meant a 180-degree turn, a somersault in everyone’s lives, old, young, rich, poor,” says Paschia, 35, who will vote for the anti-immigrant Golden Dawn party instead of the two main parties of Pasok or New Democracy on May 6. “We need new, different voices in parliament.”