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9:50 PM ET, November 8, 2016

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Veronica Rocha / Los Angeles Times:
1 dead, multiple people shot near Azusa polling station; active shooter heavily armed, officials said  —  Police are responding to an active shooting in Azusa.  (KTLA-TV Channel 5)  —  One person was killed and at least three others were wounded Tuesday in an active shooting near a polling place in Azusa.
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Tracy Bloom / KTLA:
1 Dead, 3 Injured in Azusa Shooting, Female Suspect Remains at Large; Memorial Park Polling Place Closed  —  One person was killed, and three others were injured, Tuesday afternoon when a shooting took place in a residential area in Azusa prompting the closures of two polling places and a lockdown …
Erin Dooley / ABC News:
Election 2016 Battleground State Exit Poll Results and Analysis  —  It's Election Day in America, and citizens in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., are heading to the polls to choose the nation's 45th president.  —  Exit polls from 28 key states will give us a glimpse of who's voting and what's motivating their choices.
Discussion: ThinkProgress, Politico and abc11.com
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Early exit poll: Clinton winning ground game  —  More voters say they were contacted by Hillary Clinton's campaign than by Donald Trump's, according to new, preliminary results from a Morning Consult/POLITICO Exit Poll that appear to confirm Clinton's organizational advantage in the presidential race.
Discussion: RedState and Hot Air
Paul Blake / ABC News:
Election 2016 National Exit Poll Results and Analysis
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Early exit polls: Voters say they want a ‘strong leader’
Danny Vinik / Politico:
Exit polls reveal deeply divided country
Discussion: Vox, NBC News and Los Angeles Times
Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
The Trump campaign just basically got laughed out of a Nevada courtroom  —  The first rule of Las Vegas is, the house always wins.  Donald Trump's campaign made the case Tuesday that the presidential election in Sin City's home county might be rigged.  —  The court didn't agree.
Discussion: Politicus USA and The Root
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
North Carolina State Board Of Elections Extends Voting In A Handful Of Precincts
CBS Pittsburgh:
Voting Issues: Some Trump Voters Reporting Ballots Switching To Clinton  —  CLINTON TOWNSHIP (KDKA/AP) - Today is Election Day and for the most part, voting has been smooth.  —  Many areas are already seeing long lines with some officials saying they wouldn't be surprised if voter turnout topped 80 percent.
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Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
George W. Bush didn't cast a ballot for president  —  George W. Bush and Laura Bush did not vote for either major-party presidential nominee this year.  Instead, they did not make a selection at the top of the ticket and voted for Republicans down ballot.  —  *Editor's note: This story has been updated throughout.
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Rudy Takala / Washington Examiner:
Limbaugh: George W. Bush voted for Clinton
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Tom E. Curran / CSNNE.com:
Belichick did indeed write letter to Trump  —  CSN New England confirmed this morning that Bill Belichick did indeed drop a note to Donald Trump on Monday.  —  The Republican presidential hopeful, speaking in Manchester, New Hampshire on Monday night said he had the backing of both the Patriots head coach and quarterback Tom Brady.
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Henry McKenna / Patriots Wire:
Gisele posts on Instagram that she and Tom Brady won't back Donald Trump
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Final Election Update: There's A Wide Range Of Outcomes, And Most Of Them Come Up Clinton  —  Throughout the election, our forecast models have consistently come to two conclusions.  First, that Hillary Clinton was more likely than not to become the next president.
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Pacific Daily News:
Clinton takes strong lead in straw poll
Discussion: Al Jazeera English and USA Today
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia mayor creates firestorm with Election Day post  —  A metro Atlanta mayor got a quick lesson in social media exposure Tuesday.  —  As voters across Georgia went to the polls, Jefferson Riley posted this on his personal Facebook page, which identifies him as the mayor of the Newton County city of Mansfield:
Chrissie.Thompsonfink / Cincinnati.com:
Never Trumper John Kasich plans Thursday speech  —  John Kasich, a possible 2020 candidate, plans to give a speech less than 48 hours after polls close in this election, casting his vision for the future of the Republican Party after his vocal opposition to current GOP nominee Donald Trump.
Sarah Frostenson / Vox:
Live election results: Who will control the Senate?  Vox is tracking it here.  —  More than just the presidency is at stake tonight.  The battle for which party will control the Senate is coming down to the wire, too — and could go either way.  —  Republicans hold a 54-seat majority in the Senate.
New York Daily News:
Bare-chested anti-Trump protesters removed from GOP candidate's Midtown Manhattan polling place  —  Two topless women stormed Donald Trump's Midtown Manhattan polling place on Tuesday in protest of the Republican candidate.  —  The women, in their mid-20s, arrived to the P.S. 59 polling site …
Discussion: The Hill, TheBlaze, Daily Wire and alan.com
Julian Assange / WikiLeaks:
Assange Statement on the US Election  —  In recent months, WikiLeaks and I personally have come under enormous pressure to stop publishing what the Clinton campaign says about itself to itself.  That pressure has come from the campaign's allies, including the Obama administration …
Alexandra Jaffe / NBC News:
ELECTION NIGHT  —  Happy Election Day!  Today, Americans head to the polls to decide who will be the next president of the United States, Republican Donald Trump or Democrat Hillary Clinton. … Rubio Wins Reelection, Outrunning Trump in Florida  —  Republican Marco Rubio will be reelected …
Ari Berman / The Nation:
This 99-Year-Old Man Rode His Bike to the Polls.  Wisconsin Republicans Turned Him Away.  —  Scott Walker's voter-ID law is disenfranchising the greatest generation.  —  By ,  —  Madison, WI— Fred Leidel was born in 1916, before women got the right to vote.
Slate Magazine:
Turnout Tracker  —  This is a new way to track Election Day results.  Find out how it works.  —  Show: … of Florida's 67 counties match this criteria. … *Estimates are based on pre-election polling, latest turnouts in observed polling places, and current reports of total early ballots.
Amanda Batchelor / WPLG-TV:
2 precinct clerks fired at Herb Skolnick Center in Pompano Beach after disturbance  —  Fight breaks out between man, woman at Jupiter polling location  —  POMPANO BEACH, Fla. - Two precinct clerks were fired Tuesday at the Herb Skolnick Center in Pompano Beach after a disturbance.
Ovetta Wiggins / Washington Post:
Maryland governor writes in his vote — for his father  —  For months, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) said he didn't like Donald Trump.  Then, this summer, the governor said he wouldn't vote for the Republican presidential nominee or Hillary Clinton.  —  He thought neither deserved to be president.
Discussion: Politico
 
 
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Matt Dixon / Politico:
Rubio easily defends U.S. Senate seat, cruises to victory in Florida
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Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Charlie Crist wins Florida House seat
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Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Presidential Election Results: How the Candidates Are Faring in 2016
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Chris Kahn / Reuters:
U.S. voters want leader to end advantage of rich and powerful: Reuters/Ipsos
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Ryan J. Reilly / The Huffington Post:
Trump Team Claims A Poll Watcher Was Threatened With A Belt In Philly. Here's What Really Happened.
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Carl Bernstein: Trump wins if ‘alternate universe’ of Drudge is right
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Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Last Night Was the High-Point of the Democratic Party's Cool
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Ex-'Apprentice' contestant won't release ‘potentially damaging’ Trump tape
Alex Leininger / CNN:
Hundreds flock to Susan B. Anthony's grave on Election Day
Mother Jones:
Voter Intimidation Targeting Muslims Reported at Michigan Polling Site
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