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4:30 PM ET, November 8, 2016

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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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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Early exit poll: Clinton winning ground game
Discussion: RedState
Cameron Easley / Morning Consult:
Exit Poll: Clinton Bests Trump With Ground Game
Discussion: Hot Air and Florida Politics
Cameron Easley / Morning Consult:
Voters Want a Strong Leader More Than Anything Else, Exit Poll Shows
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  —  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.
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.
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Campaign Sues Over Early Voting In Nevada  —  The Donald Trump campaign filed a lawsuit Monday against election officials in Clark County, Nevada, which includes Las Vegas, CNN reported.  —  The Trump campaign is suing Joe P. Gloria, the Clark County registrar of voters …
Discussion: alan.com and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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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.
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Judge Denies Trump's Request In Lawsuit Challenging Nevada Early-Vote Process
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Daily Kos
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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Neetzan Zimmerman / The Hill:   Clinton declared winner in Guam
William Cummings / USA Today:
Trump takes 32-25 lead in New Hampshire after midnight voting
Discussion: NBC News and The Atlantic
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: Daily Wire, TheBlaze and alan.com
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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
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 …
CBS Pittsburgh:
Voting Issues: Some Trump Voters Reporting Ballots Switching To Clinton  —  CLINTON TOWNSHIP (KDKA) - 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.
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
Steve Orr / USA Today:
People are covering Susan B. Anthony's grave stone with ‘I Voted’ stickers  —  3.5k Shares  —  ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Early Tuesday morning, dozens gathered around Susan B. Anthony's modest headstone in Rochester's historic Mount Hope Cemetery.  —  One by one, they stepped forward to place their …
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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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Jessica Huseman / Electionland:
Broken Voting Machines Across U.S. (In Other Words, Everything is Normal)
Discussion: WayneDupree.com
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.
Nick Wadhams / Bloomberg:
Trump Holds Out on Whether He'd Accept Loss; Clinton Hits Radio  —  Two different visions of U.S. drawn by candidates in race  —  Republicans seek to hold Senate, House majorities in D.C.  —  Donald Trump continued to hold out on whether he would accept the results of the U.S. presidential election contest …
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.
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 …
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.
Discussion: Mediaite, Hot Air and RedState
Claude Brodesser-Akner / New Jersey Online:
In darkness and without fanfare, Gov. Christie votes for Trump  —  MENDHAM — Some things are best done under cover of darkness, and for Gov. Chris Christie that includes voting for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.  —  With the sky navy blue and sunrise still a half hour away …
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: —
Guardian:
Fox News wrongly links Republican anti-Trump protester to voter fraud  —  Exclusive: Report implicated Austyn Crites in scam involving his ‘dead’ grandmother but Guardian can reveal she is alive and well  —  Paul Lewis and Tom Silverstone in Reno and Nicky Woolf in San Francisco
Discussion: Daily Kos, Joe.My.God. and Raw Story
 
 
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Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:
A guide to voter intimidation and how to report it
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Mother Jones:
Voter Intimidation Targeting Muslims Reported at Michigan Polling Site
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www.wnyc.org:
Alec Baldwin Sheds the Trump Impressions on Election Day
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Tobias Konitzer / Washington Post:
New poll: 30% of Trump supporters say they'll protest the election if he loses
Julia Ioffe / Politico:
Apocalypse Now: Survivalists Dig in for November 9
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Yochi Dreazen / Vox:
Facebook is full of fake news stories. On Election Day, don't fall for them.
Stephen Henderson / USA Today:
What we've lost in this campaign: Stephen Henderson
Discussion: Daily Kos
Sam Wang / Princeton Election Consortium:
Final Projections: Clinton 323 EV, 51 Democratic Senate seats, GOP House
 Earlier Items: 
Chuck Todd / NBC News:
Analysis: As Election Day Arrives, Plenty of Blame to Go Around
Sarah Wheaton / Politico:
Obama's popularity hits near-record high on eve of election
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Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Panel upholds ‘soft-money’ ban but sends GOP campaign finance challenge to Supreme Court
Discussion: electionlawblog.org
Bret Stephens / Wall Street Journal:
2016's Big Reveal
Discussion: bradford-delong.com
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Election Update: Clinton Gains, And The Polls Magically Converge
 

 
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