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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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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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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Tom Brady's wife says the QB isn't backing Trump — Gisele Bündchen — wife of NFL superstar Tom Brady — flatly rejected Donald Trump's assertion that her husband had voted for the GOP nominee. — “NO!” the Brazilian model told an Instagram user who asked if it were true that she and Brady were backing the brash billionaire.
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Dana Williams / USA Today:
Guam, which has historically predicted election winner, picks Clinton — Nervous? Here is what to expect tomorrow. — HAGATNA, Guam — Hillary Clinton has overwhelmingly won the vote on the tiny U.S. island of Guam. — The territory, located west of the international date line …
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William Cummings / USA Today:
Trump takes 32-25 lead in New Hampshire after midnight voting
Trump takes 32-25 lead in New Hampshire after midnight voting
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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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Emily Badger / New York Times:
Why Long Voting Lines Today Could Have Long-Term Consequences
Why Long Voting Lines Today Could Have Long-Term Consequences
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Record-breaking early voting fuels Democratic optimism
Record-breaking early voting fuels Democratic optimism
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Tara Golshan / Vox:
Where early voting stands going into Election Day
Where early voting stands going into Election Day
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Jessica Huseman / Electionland:
Broken Voting Machines Across U.S. (In Other Words, Everything is Normal) — Polls have been open for less than two hours, and we're seeing reports from all over the country about broken machines and scanners causing long voting lines. So far, we've seen the most reports in New York …
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Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
Broken voting machines reported in several states — Voting machines are malfunctioning in some parts of Ohio, New York, Texas and other states, according to local media reports. — About six hours after polls opened on Tuesday, voters have reported malfunctioning machines in multiple locations …
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Tom LoBianco / CNN:
Keeping track of election irregularities — Washington (CNN)A look at voting irregularities across the United States, including poll station problems, misinformation and turnout developments.
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Campaign Sues Over Early Voting In Nevada
Trump Campaign Sues Over Early Voting In Nevada
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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 …
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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 …
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Claude Brodesser-Akner / New Jersey Online:
In darkness and without fanfare, Gov. Christie votes for Trump
In darkness and without fanfare, Gov. Christie votes for Trump
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Early exit polls: Voters say they want a ‘strong leader’ — More voters this year are looking for a strong leader than in previous presidential elections, according to an early morning exit poll, whose results could shift significantly over the course of Election Day.
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Steve Orr / Rochester Democrat and Chronicle:
Susan B. Anthony grave attracts hundreds … The modest grave site of suffrage icon Susan B. Anthony, now a shrine to women's rights, is drawing overflow crowds Tuesday as voters consider choosing the nation's first female president. — Special measures are being put in place to handle …
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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 and latest turnouts in observed polling places. — Slate Votecastr — Updated: —
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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 …
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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
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
GOP insiders worried party's turnout effort will fall short — Republican strategists on Monday dumped all over their party's voter turnout operation, calling it insufficient to the task and lagging behind Hillary Clinton's machine. — Some of the criticism was directed at Donald Trump.
Julia Ioffe / Politico:
Apocalypse Now: Survivalists Dig in for November 9 — WHITE PINE, Tenn.—As Lucas Cameron sees it, there's no way this election can end well. “Trump will win the popular vote by a landslide, and then the Electoral College will give it to Clinton,” he told me as his wife, Nikki …
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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.
Geordie Barrington / The American Mirror:
VIDEO: Bill helps staggering Hillary into car — Bill Clinton met Hillary at the bottom of her airplane's stairs in Philadelphia on Monday and she appeared to stumble as she made her way to the awaiting car. — Bill put his arm around her and she shuffled the short distance from the plane to the motorcade vehicle.
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Sam Wang / Princeton Election Consortium:
Final Projections: Clinton 323 EV, 51 Democratic Senate seats, GOP House — (Updates: 6:06am data for Presidential and Senate, and added confidence intervals. 9:00 am: more description, also variance minimization.) — Here are the final snapshots. Four Senate races are within one percentage point …
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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 …
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