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Preliminary Exit Poll Results Show Disapproval of Bush — About Four in 10 'Strongly' Disapprove of Bush; Iraq High on List of Concerns — Preliminary exit poll results indicate that nearly six in 10 voters today disapprove of the way President Bush is handling his job. — About four in 10 approve.
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Pollster:
Live Blogging Election Night — 7:43 pm Interesting. Want to see the difference between a margin big enough to "call" and election and one that isn't? Look at Ohio. Doing the math (all in my spreadsheet this time) the CNN tabulations show Democrat Strickland leading Blackwell …
Think Progress:
AUDIO: Laura Ingraham Tells Listeners To Jam Voter Protection Hotline » — As FireDogLake has been reporting, right-wing radio host Laura Ingraham today urged her listeners to obstruct efforts to protect voting rights by jamming a free voter protection hotline.
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Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Repeat Robocalls Suck? Blame the GOP — UPDATE: Laura Ingraham has asked her listeners to call the Dem Voter protection hotline — and they are now being flooded with calls from crank callers. Please call Laura and tell her what you think about this: 800.876.4123. You can e-mail her here.
USA Today:
Voting machine problems bedevil multiple states — Election machine glitches caused delays and jangled nerves in at least three states today as voters began turning out for midterm elections that could set the tone for the last two years of President Bush's term in office.
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Anita Wadhwani / Tennessean.com:
Dems will go to court this afternoon to ask for polls to stay open — Lawyers with the Tennessee Democratic Party will file suit early this afternoon asking that voting hours be extended due to reports of infrastructure problems, a party spokesman said. — The party has received reports …
George Merritt / Denver Post:
Voting nightmare: Democrats seek extension — Democratic party leaders are planning to seek a two-hour extension for voting in Denver, due to massive computer problems which have created long lines, and kept many from casting their vote. — Party spokesman Brian Mason said a motion is being prepared …
Michael Kinsley / Slate:
Pelosi's Platform — HOW THE DEMOCRATS COULD GOVERN IF THEY WIN THE HOUSE. — What will a Democratic House of Representatives under Speaker Nancy Pelosi be like? The Republicans have been painting an unattractive portrait of Democrats roasting young children on a spit in the Capitol rotunda and whatnot.
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TMZ.com:
Britney Spears Files for Divorce — Britney Spears has filed a petition for divorce from Kevin Federline. — TMZ obtained the legal papers, filed today in Los Angeles County Superior Court, citing "irreconcilable differences." In her petition, Spears asks for both legal and physical custody …
Damien Cave / New York Times:
New York Plans to Make Gender Personal Choice — Separating anatomy from what it means to be a man or a woman, New York City is moving forward with a plan to let people alter the sex on their birth certificate even if they have not had sex-change surgery. — Under the rule being considered …
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Confederate Yankee:
"Absolutely True:" Rather Continues to Defend 60 Minutes TANG Story — Just moments ago on North Carolina's Morning News with Jack Boston on Raleigh-based News-Talk 680 WPTF, former CBS anchor Dan Rather defended the infamous 60 Minutes story using forged documents to attack President Bush's service …
Jack Shafer / Slate:
How To Read the Election-Day Newspaper — DON'T. — How to Read the Election-Day Newspaper — A quiet sets over the press corps on the Monday before a national election. The boys and girls who have covered the campaigns for the last six months have nothing left in their tanks, and the headline writers know it.
MSNBC:
FBI looking into possible Va. voter intimidation — Officials probing reports of phone calls allegedly intended to confuse voters … The Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking into the possibility of voter intimidation in the U.S. Senate race between Sen. George Allen, a Republican …
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news.cincinnati.com:
No ID, no vote — Chabot turned away at polls — WESTWOOD - Congressman Steve Chabot found out just how serious elections officials are about the new voter ID law when he showed up to vote at his polling place in Westwood. — Chabot went into the polling place at Westwood …
Associated Press:
High Voter Turnout Reported — Turnout in several communities reached 30 percent by noon Tuesday as Connecticut voters cast ballots in contentious congressional and Senate races and several state and local contests. — Elections officials were checking scattered reports of problems at polling places …
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Indianapolis Star:
Election Day Report: Difficulties no surprise to computer expert — Star report … 2:54 p.m. - IU computer expert says voting machine problems no surprise — The problems encountered across Indiana today with new electronic voting machines come as no surprise to computer security expert Steven Myers.
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