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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Are the Democrats Trying to Steal Pennsylvania? [Updated] — It is being reported that Democratic Party operatives are evicting court-appointed Republican poll watchers from polling places in Philadelphia. Specifically, this reportedly has happened in Ward 32, Div 13; Ward 43, Div 14 …
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Fox News:
Judge issuing order to reinstate booted Philadelphia election officials, Republicans say — A Pennsylvania judge is issuing an order to reinstate Republican election officials across Philadelphia who allegedly were ejected or refused entry by on-site Democratic voting chief judges, GOP officials tell Fox News.
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Obama Mural in Philadelphia Polling Place — Here's a picture of an Obama mural at a Philadelphia polling place: … The exact location is the 35th ward-D18 Franklin School. — UPDATE: A judge has reportedly ordered the mural to be covered up:
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Weasel Zippers, The Daily Caller, Wake up America and The PJ Tatler
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Philly GOP: Poll inspectors being ousted for Dems
Philly GOP: Poll inspectors being ousted for Dems
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Mike Flynn / BREITBART.COM:
PHILLY ACTIVIST GROUP SHREDS GOP VOTER REGISTRATIONS
PHILLY ACTIVIST GROUP SHREDS GOP VOTER REGISTRATIONS
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Nov. 5: Late Poll Gains for Obama Leave Romney With Longer Odds — Mitt Romney has always had difficulty drawing a winning Electoral College hand. Even during his best period of polling, in the week or two after the first presidential debate in Denver, he never quite pulled ahead …
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David Taintor / Talking Points Memo:
Nate Silver Would Rather Vote For Ebola Than Political Pundits — New York Times polling guru Nate Silver told Stephen Colbert on Monday just what he thinks of political pundits. More than a few commentators have attacked Silver's FiveThirtyEight election forecast for giving President Obama high odds in the lead-up to Election Day.
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CNN:
CNN to Display Electoral Results Atop Empire State Building — Empire State Building to Utilize Brand New Lighting Technology — CNN will join forces Tuesday evening with the Empire State Building to display to New Yorkers and the network's viewers in the United States and around the world the results of the presidential election.
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Jeff Kepnes / CNN:
CNN takes over the Empire State Building for election night results
CNN takes over the Empire State Building for election night results
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Lauren Goode / AllThingsD:
If You Want to Stay out of Jail, Don't Instagram Your Ballot — A not-so-surprising thing happened this morning: My Instagram feed morphed from photos of dogs, kids, fancy coffees and food porn into a stream of people's voting ballots. — Photo courtesy of Instagram.
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Mark Blumenthal / The Huffington Post:
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Election / BREITBART.COM:
DETROIT POLLS: OBAMA CAMPAIGNER PUNCHES VOTER IN FACE — REPORT: A woman in a Detroit polling location was aggressively campaigning for Obama. A female voter in line objected. The Obama supporter punched the woman in the face.
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Zachary Roth / msnbc.com:
Machine turns vote for Obama into one for Romney — A Pennsylvania electronic voting machine has been taken out of service after being captured on video changing a vote for President Obama into one for Mitt Romney, NBC News has confirmed. — The video was first posted on Youtube by user “centralpavoter.”
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Election Judge Wears Obama Cap While Checking in Voters in Obama's Chicago Ward — Here's a photo of an election judge checking in voters in Barack Obama's Chicago ward—wearing an Obama baseball cap: — “This photo, taken by a voter this morning at the Ward 4, Precinct 37 polling place …
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John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Mitt's key to victory — What pollsters aren't blaring — If Mitt Romney wins tonight, it'll likely be because of something revealed by a little-noticed statistic released yesterday by the polling firm Rasmussen — following a similar statistic last week from Gallup.
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Michael Van Sickler / Tampa Bay Times:
Hundreds of Pinellas voters get robocall from supervisor of elections saying Election Day is Wednesday — ST. PETERSBURG — An hour after polls opened Tuesday morning, the Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections Office mistakenly placed hundreds — possibly thousands …
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The Moderate Voice, Balloon Juice, Orlando Sentinel and The Raw Story
Mark Pazniokas / ctmirror.org:
McMahon dresses her city workers like Murphy supporters — The U.S. Senate campaign of Republican Linda McMahon outfitted its urban poll standers today in purple T-shirts styled after those worn by SEIU, the liberal union that is backing Democrat Chris Murphy.
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Talking Points Memo, Mother Jones, The Daily Caller, Daily Kos and CT Senate 2012
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
A CBS News Obama-Libya scandal? Certainly. — Oct. 17. That's the date on which President Obama's position on the Benghazi, Libya, attack peaked as a national issue. The night before, in a town hall debate moderated by CNN's Candy Crowley, the president made a spectacle of noting …
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Mike Gorrell / Salt Lake Tribune:
Revised poll: Crockett-McAdams race is a virtual tie — Elections • 4th District's new poll numbers also shrink Love's lead over Matheson. — The Salt Lake County mayoral race between Republican Mark Crockett and Democrat Ben McAdams is almost dead even, much closer than the 10-point lead …
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Battleground Watch and The Greenroom
Melissa Hayes / NorthJersey.com:
Christie: Hug from Bruce made me weep — After days touring the devastation at the Jersey Shore and across New Jersey, Governor Christie said there was a highlight to his emotional week: Finally getting the chance to talk to Bruce Springsteen, his music idol.
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James Hohmann / Politico:
Battleground Tracking Poll: Dead heat — BOSTON—The presidential race is tied going into Election Day. — The final POLITICO/George Washington University Battleground Tracking Poll of 1,000 likely voters — conducted Sunday and Monday — shows Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama each claiming 47 percent nationally.
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John Heilemann / New York Magazine:
Mitt Romney Is Running Out of Time — Pulling up in the press bus onto the grounds of Stony Brook Farm in Morrisville, Pennsylvania, on Sunday, you couldn't help but be struck by the size and sweep of the crowd awaiting Mitt Romney. At least 25,000 strong — 30k-plus if you believed the campaign …
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Jason Howerton / TheBlaze.com:
CHICAGO SOURCE TELLS AUTHOR BRAD THOR: OBAMA CAMPAIGN PLANNING TO PROCLAIM EARLY VICTORY TO ‘DEMORALIZE ROMNEY SUPPORTERS’ — New York Times best-selling author Brad Thor, based in Chicago, tells TheBlaze that the Obama campaign may be planning to preemptively announce victory …
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Roger Ailes and The PJ Tatler
Max Read / Gawker:
An Expert Weighs in on That Viral Reddit ‘Voter Fraud’ Video — When we asked people to share their stories of voting irregularity earlier today, dozens of people shared this video — currently on the Reddit front page with nearly 20,000 up-votes — of a Pennsylvania voting machine seemingly altering a man's vote from Obama to Romney.
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Romney up 92K in OH early voting? Update: Gannett pulls link; Update: EV up 14% in 2008 McCain counties, down in Obama counties; Update: Gannett “regrets the error” — Update: The data is still up at the Gannett site, but they've pulled the link from the front page.
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NRO Symposium / National Review:
Election Crystal Ball — ROBERT ALT — Ohio has been evenly divided for so long that it is hard to remember a time when we were not in this interminable election season or when Ohio was not “in play” or tied. But fortune favors the bold, and momentum and a faltering economy favor the challenger.
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Joseph / Plunderbund:
[UPDATED] True The Vote Forged Signatures To Get Observers At Ohio Polls — Yesterday we reported that True the Vote was attempting to place observers at precincts in Central Ohio, focusing on African American districts. We also noted that there might be some problems with the forms …
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Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
Chris Matthews Goes On Obnoxious Rant Against ‘Idiots’ Who Vote Third Party Or Stay Home — Are you one of the many voters who feels disillusioned with the two-party system and wants to make your single, solitary voice heard by voting for a third party candidate who is possibly more aligned with your own viewpoints?
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David Frum / CNN:
America's voting system is a disgrace — Editor's note: David Frum, a CNN contributor, is a contributing editor at Newsweek and The Daily Beast. He is the author of seven books, including a new novel, “Patriots,” and was a special assistant to President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2002.
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