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10:50 AM ET, November 4, 2012

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Ohio's Provisional Ballot Order: The Biggest Legal Story of the Weekend — A late voting directive from Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted begets an “emergency motion” about how to count provisional ballots. — Associated Press — With just a few dozen hours left before polls open on Election Day …

Discussion: dispatchpolitics.dispatch.com, Booman Tribune and Connecting.the.Dots

Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:

Last-Minute Ohio Directive Could Trash Legal Votes And Swing The Election — A last-minute directive issued by Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted (R) could invalidate legal provisional ballots. Ohio is widely viewed as the most critical state for both presidential campaigns and …

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, Outside the Beltway, Taylor Marsh and Washington Monthly

Andrew Welsh-Huggins / Associated Press:

Ohio provisional ballot voting order criticized — COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Voter advocates on Saturday criticized an order by Ohio's elections chief dealing with the casting of provisional ballots, saying it increases the likelihood that votes could be wrongly rejected.

Discussion: The BRAD BLOG, theGrio, The Raw Story, Balloon Juice and The Reality-Based Community

Washington Post: Ohioans line up for early voting in the battleground state

Mark Murray / First Read:

Final national NBC/WSJ poll: Obama 48%, Romney 47% — With just two days until Election Day, President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney are running neck and neck nationally, according to the final national NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll before the election.

Discussion: Ballot Box and CNN

Dustin Hawkins / BREITBART.COM:

PENNSYLVANIA TIED, 47-47, ON EVE OF ROMNEY'S ARRIVAL — Update: The final Susquehanna Polling & Research Poll shows a 47-47% tie heading into the Tuesday election. Romney is seen slightly more favorable (+4) than Obama (+1). Adding to Romney's advantage is that an overwhelming 71% place economic …

Discussion: protein wisdom, The Ulsterman Report and American Power

Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama leads in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin

Discussion: The Daily Caller and JSOnline

Alexander Burns / Politico:

AFF poll: Minnesota a toss-up — Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are separated by just 1 point in Minnesota, effectively making the race there a toss-up, according to polling taken for the conservative American Future Fund. — Romney takes 46 percent of the vote to Obama's 45 percent in the poll …

Discussion: The Greenroom, Riehl World News and Battleground Watch

Lee Enterprises / host.madison.com:

Our pick: Mitt Romney — • Wisconsin State Journal editorial — Not enough hope and too little change. — That is President Barack Obama's record on the economy, debt and Washington gridlock after four years in the White House. — The State Journal editorial board endorses Mitt Romney in Tuesday's presidential election.

Discussion: Election 2012 and Poynter

Alexander Marlow / BREITBART.COM:
LIKELY VOTER POLL: ROMNEY AHEAD IN DEEP BLUE MINNESOTA

Discussion: GayPatriot

Darrel Rowland / The Columbus Dispatch:

Dispatch Poll: Ohio's a toss-up — Obama has edge, but high GOP turnout could turn Ohio to Romney — Early voting in Franklin County — The “Ohio firewall” precariously stands for President Barack Obama, but a strong Republican turnout could enable Mitt Romney to tear it down on Election Day.

Discussion: Guardian, National Review, Ballot Box, Election 2012 and Business Insider

Detroit's Fox 2:

Dead heat for Romney and Obama in latest Michigan poll — WJBK Fox 2 - — Who are you most likely to vote for in the Presidential election - Democratic President Barack Obama, or Republican Nominee, Governor Mitt Romney, another candidate, or are you undecided?

Discussion: Power Line, The Strata-Sphere, Battleground Watch, Scared Monkeys, The Gateway Pundit and The PJ Tatler

Shane Goldmacher / NationalJournal.com:

Bloomberg Aims to Be Gun-Control Counterweight to NRA — The New York mayor takes on the National Rifle Association in what an aide suggests is a curtain-raiser for elections to come. — As independent Michael Bloomberg nears his final year as New York — City mayor, the billionaire …

Discussion: Booman Tribune

Tom Blumer / NewsBusters.org blogs:
Thursday Report: Bloomberg Wouldn't Let Guard Into Brooklyn Over Their Possession of Guns

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Weasel Zippers, Philly.com and Syracuse Post-Standard

Michael Patrick Leahy / BREITBART.COM:
FEMA TAPS PRIVATE VENDORS TO MEET SANDY VICTIM'S NEEDS

Discussion: Power Line, The PJ Tatler, The Gateway Pundit and The Lonely Conservative

David Martosko / The Daily Caller:

Hannity show played 2011 union ‘Scabs!’ and ‘Scumbags!’ audio, called it post-Sandy outrage — UPDATE: The Daily Caller has learned that the audio Sean Hannity played during his Friday, Nov. 2 broadcast was taken from a 2011 union protest against replacement workers during a Verizon strike.

Discussion: The Hinterland Gazette

New York Times:

In Ohio, a Study in Contrasts as 2 Campaigns Get Out Vote — CINCINNATI — Inside a peeling former nightclub here, Obama volunteers are perched on any seats they can find, trays of half-eaten sandwiches line an old mirrored bar and a hand-scrawled list of “office needs” includes toilet paper and Teddy Grahams.

Benjy Sarlin / Talking Points Memo:

Romney Seeks Vengeance For Obama's ‘Revenge’ Remark — Mitt Romney's campaign is reorganizing itself around a new last-second message, accusing President Obama of urging his supporters to vote out of “revenge.” — The new line of attack stems from an Obama rally in Springfield …

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, The Maddow Blog and Paul Krugman

Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Obama campaign struggles to explain ‘revenge’ remark

Discussion: Hot Air, ABCNEWS, The Lonely Conservative, his vorpal sword, Riehl World News and American Power

John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Obama's November Blunder

Discussion: ABCNEWS, Taylor Marsh, Washington Examiner, National Review and Scared Monkeys

New Jersey Online:

Battered by Sandy, Staten Island feels forgotten — NEW YORK — Gazing at her bungalow, swept from its foundation and tossed across the street, Janice Clarkin wondered if help would ever come to this battered island off the coast of Manhattan. — “Do you see anybody here?” she asked, resignation etched on her face.

Miguel Llanos / U.S. News:
Sandy death toll in US rises to 109; ‘there could be more,’ Bloomberg warns

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Booman Tribune

Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:

Obama up 8 in Minnesota, amendments may be going down — PPP's final Minnesota poll of the 2012 election cycle finds Barack Obama leading comfortably, 53-45. We've conducted four surveys of the state since Labor Day and found Obama leading by a margin in the 7-10 point range on each of them.

Discussion: MN Progressive Project

Guardian:

Iran denies suspending uranium enrichment — Move reported as gesture of goodwill before negotiations with US over nuclear programme next week was down to ‘misquote’ — Iran's state media has denied reports that Tehran had suspended the enrichment of uranium at 20% in a goodwill gesture ahead of talks with the world's major powers.

Discussion: The PJ Tatler, Israel Matzav and The Agonist

Richard A. Oppel Jr / The Caucus:

Biden Takes a Daylight Saving Time-Themed Swipe at Romney — ARVADA, Colo. - Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. took a few last swings at Mitt Romney in Colorado during two stops on Saturday before heading to a final stretch of campaigning in a pair of other crucial swing states …

Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …