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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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Twitchy, Wonkette, TBogg and The Greenroom
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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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The Jawa Report, PAGOP.org, The PJ Tatler, Weasel Zippers, Wake up America, Fox News Insider and nation.foxnews.com
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, LifeNews.com, 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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protein wisdom, The Heritage Foundation, The Gateway Pundit, Moonbattery and Instapundit
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
Nate Silver Would Rather Vote For Ebola Than Political Pundits
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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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ProPublica:
Why It May Be Illegal to Instagram Your Ballot — Proud voters are already posting photos of their ballots on Instagram—sometimes with the names of their chosen candidates filled in. But before you snap a shot of your vote, you might want to check your state laws.
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The Atlantic Online, Mashable!, citmedialaw.org and TechCrunch
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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Weasel Zippers and The Daily Caller
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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VoteSeeing and Booman Tribune
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Jeffrey Toobin / News Desk:
Ready for a Recount? — Suppose it's close, and suppose …
Ready for a Recount? — Suppose it's close, and suppose …
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New York Magazine and Daily Kos
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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Questions and Observations, americanthinker.com, Brad DeLong and CANNONFIRE
Mark Blumenthal / The Huffington Post:
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The Week, Taegan Goddard's … and Politicker
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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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Crooks and Liars and Suburban Guerrilla
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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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Reuters, AEIdeas, Business Insider, The Argo Journal, Hot Air and The Gateway Pundit
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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Balloon Juice, Orlando Sentinel and The Raw Story
SEIU.org:
Evidence Suggests PA GOP Poll Watchers Systematically Targeting African American Precincts — WASHINGTON, DC - After receiving information indicating that the Pennsylvania Republican Party and the Pittsburgh Tea Party may be systematically sending poll watchers to predominantly African American precincts …
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Wonkette, The Jawa Report, The Impolitic, Addicting Info and The Raw Story
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Dan Froomkin / The Huffington Post:
New Evidence Shows Poll Watching Efforts Target Minority Precincts
New Evidence Shows Poll Watching Efforts Target Minority Precincts
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Hullabaloo, Democracy in America, Addicting Info and Plunderbund
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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Scared Monkeys, The Daily Caller and Power Line
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
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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Weasel Zippers
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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Taylor Marsh and NewsBusters.org blogs
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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The PJ Tatler
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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Business Insider
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Romney votes ahead of last-minute Election Day visits to Ohio, Pa. — GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney cast his vote in Belmont, Mass., on Tuesday morning. — Romney was accompanied by his wife, Ann, at the Beech Street polling center. — Asked by a reporter whom he voted for …
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Donovan Slack / Politico:
Chrysler gives workers day off to vote … The car company that attacked Mitt Romney for falsely claiming it was moving operations overseas is going a step further, ostensibly for President Obama. — Chrysler's vice president of design, Ralph Gilles, tweeted Tuesday that the company gave its entire work force the day off to vote.
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Weasel Zippers, Daily Kos and Election 2012
Politico:
Why 2012 turned small — The 2012 election is over at last, and its supporting cast—a complex of operatives and reporters, locked in an embrace of mutual need and mutual contempt, an audience of millions, at once transfixed and repelled—is gasping at the finish line, collapsed in a heap.
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Washington Post and Right Wing News