memeorandum: Hillary Clinton wins Dixville Notch midnight vote (CNN)

10:50 AM ET, November 8, 2016

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Tara Golshan / Vox:

Where early voting stands going into Election Day — As the candidates make their closing arguments before Election Day, millions of Americans have already cast their ballots for the presidential election. — At least 42 million citizens have voted early, with more than 18 million ballots cast in battleground states.

Discussion: Bloomberg, Politico, The Huffington Post and New York Magazine

David Leonhardt / New York Times:

The Real Voter Fraud — CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — The casting of a ballot is the most fundamentally American act that any of us takes. It connects us to the Enlightenment ideals of the country's founding — the once-radical notion that human beings should think for themselves, rather than merely obey kings and priests.

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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:

Spread of Early Voting Is Forging New Habits and Campaign Tactics — In 1977, a flood control measure on the ballot in Monterey, Calif., became what historians say was the first modern American election decided by people who voted before Election Day. — It was a strange moment …

The Hill:
Wild race heads for dramatic ending

Discussion: The Week, Politico and Vox

CNN:
Early voting data suggests Clinton lags in North Carolina compared to 2012

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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judges refuse voter-intimidation orders against GOP and Trump in Pennsylvania, North Carolina

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Todd Spangler / Detroit Free Press:
Will Michigan voters decide whether Trump or Clinton wins it all?

Discussion: The Daily Caller

Henry McKenna / Patriots Wire:

Gisele posts on Instagram that she and Tom Brady won't back Donald Trump — Gisele may have spilled the beans on Tom Brady's presidential vote. — The New England Patriots quarterback has done his best not to say who he will vote for in the 2016 Presidential Election.

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Oliver Darcy / Business Insider:

Trump says he was just endorsed by Tom Brady and Bill Belichick — Donald Trump said Monday night that New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and coach Bill Belichick reached out earlier in the day to inform him of their endorsements. — “Tom Brady, great guy, great guy.

Discussion: New York Magazine, Independent Journal Review, The Week and TheBlaze

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.

Discussion: Politico, USA Today, ProFootballTalk, Business Insider and Patriots Wire

William Cummings / USA Today:

Trump takes 32-25 lead in New Hampshire after midnight voting — 15k Shares — As the world waits with bated breath for the results of Tuesday's contentious presidential election, its eyes turned briefly to three sleepy hamlets in rural New Hampshire, as their residents — fewer than 100 total …

Discussion: NBC News, The Atlantic and The Jawa Report

Politico:
Clinton wins Dixville Notch

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Tal Kopan / CNN:
Live election coverage

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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:

Donald Trump Has Shattered Campaign Norms In Damaging, Potentially Lasting Ways — We have grown numb to policies, rhetoric and conduct that was once far beyond the bounds of acceptability. — Fairly early into his speech in Michigan on Sunday night, Donald Trump stated that five years ago …

Discussion: RedState

Media Matters for America:
Trump's White Nationalist Supporters Love His “Nazi” Closing Ad Because It “Blasts” The “Evil Jews”

Discussion: The Daily Beast, Raw Story, Daily Stormer, Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, The Atlantic and Hullabaloo

ABC News:

Hillary Clinton, Jon Bon Jovi Do ‘Mannequin Challenge’ — Hillary Clinton had a little fun on her campaign plane Monday night, joining music superstar Jon Bon Jovi and members of her campaign team in taking on the viral “Mannequin Challenge.” — Video captured on Clinton's campaign plane …

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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Obamas combine forces with the Clintons to fend off Trump

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New York Times:
Clinton Campaigns in Philadelphia

Discussion: Politico

Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:

Election Update: Clinton Gains, And The Polls Magically Converge — First things first: Hillary Clinton has a 70 percent chance of winning the election, according to both the FiveThirtyEight polls-only and polls-plus models. That's up from a 65 percent chance on Sunday night …

Discussion: Washington Post, VICE, The Daily Caller, RedState, Raw Story, Mediaite, Opinion Today, Daily Wire, ABC News, Real Clear Politics, Fox News and Los Angeles Times

David Brooks / New York Times:

Let's Not Do This Again — If I had to sum up the election of 2016 in one clause, I would say it has been a sociological revolution, a moral warning and a political summons. — Sociologically, this campaign has been an education in how societies come apart.

John Merline / Investor's Business Daily:

Trump Holds 2-Point Lead Over Clinton As Election Day Arrives: Final IBD/TIPP Poll Results — As voters go to the actual polls to cast their ballots in what has been an unprecedented presidential election, Republican Donald Trump held onto a 2-point lead over his Democratic rival …

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Townhall.com

Gary Langer / ABC News:
2016 Race Stays at 47-43 through Sunday (POLL)

Discussion: Hot Air and The Week

Philip Bump / Washington Post:

Donald Trump's ground game may be more robust than you think — SCRANTON, Pa. — If lawn signs are any guide, Donald Trump will win Pennsylvania in a landslide. In and between Scranton and Bucks County, Pa., on Sunday, I counted more than 20 Donald Trump-Mike Pence signs plus a few bigger-than-average signs and one digital billboard.

Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:

Topless protesters crash Trump's polling place — Two nearly nude women were escorted out of a polling station in midtown Manhattan Tuesday. — The unidentified women were shouting “out of our polls, Trump,” at the station where Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump

Discussion: RedState and Gothamist

Conor Skelding / Politico:

Alt-right provocateur to dress up as ‘mattress girl’ for Columbia speech — When he speaks at Columbia University next week, alt-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos plans to dress up as Emma Sulkowicz, the alumna who carried her mattress around campus to protest the university's sexual assault policies.

Discussion: Heat Street

Derek Hunter / The Daily Caller:

Brazile Sent More Debate Questions From CNN To Clinton — Democratic National Committee interim chairwoman Donna Brazile has already lost her contributor contract with CNN for leaking questions from a CNN town hall to the Clinton campaign. Monday night's WikiLeaks release of emails …

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Jeff Weiner / Orlando Sentinel:

Orlando to buy Pulse nightclub, turn it into memorial — Mayor Buddy Dyer announced that the city of Orlando has agreed to buy Pulse nightclub to create a memorial site. … Privacy Policy — The city of Orlando has reached a deal to buy the Pulse nightclub for $2.25 million and plans …

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