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7:10 PM ET, November 8, 2016

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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.
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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.
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: Politico, abc11.com and Hot Air
Paul Blake / ABC News:
Election 2016 National Exit Poll Results and Analysis
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 …
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Lawsuit Asks For Polling Places To Be Kept Open Late In Durham County, NC  —  NORTH CAROLINA  —  Groups in Durham County, North Carolina, filed a lawsuit on Tuesday, asking for polls there to be kept open an extra 90 minutes — until 9 p..m. — due to voting issues that allegedly took place earlier in the day.
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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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
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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Pacific Daily News:
Clinton takes strong lead in straw poll
Discussion: Al Jazeera English and USA Today
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: TheBlaze, Daily Wire and alan.com
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Topless protesters crash Trump's polling place
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.
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Mconnolly / Washington Monthly:
The Political Animal Election Liveblog
Discussion: New York Times and Politico
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 …
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:
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.
Rudy Takala / Washington Examiner:
Limbaugh: George W. Bush voted for Clinton  —  Former President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush cast their votes for Hillary Clinton in Tuesday's election, radio host Rush Limbaugh claimed.  —  “I'm told that George W. Bush and Laura Bush voted for Hillary Clinton today,” Limbaugh said on his Tuesday program.
Discussion: The Daily Caller, Hot Air and RedState
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
GOP insiders worried party's turnout effort will fall short
Discussion: Mediaite, RedState and Hot Air
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Last Night Was the High-Point of the Democratic Party's Cool  —  Barack Obama, Jon Bon Jovi, and Bruce Springsteen held a rally in Philadelphia last night.  At the end, Hillary Clinton showed up and ruined the vibe.  —  As pretty much everybody noted when the images started swimming through Twitter, it looked pretty cool:
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Alex Leininger / CNN:
Hundreds flock to Susan B. Anthony's grave on Election Day  —  (CNN)Voters made an Election Day pilgrimage to Susan B. Anthony's gravesite in honor of the pioneering activist who fought for women's suffrage.  —  Since early voting commenced in October, voters have paid their respects …
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Steve Orr / USA Today:
People are covering Susan B. Anthony's grave stone with ‘I Voted’ stickers
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.
Discussion: Politico, WBTW-TV and Washington Post
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.
 
 
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Ari Berman / The Nation:
This 99-Year-Old Man Rode His Bike to the Polls. Wisconsin Republicans Turned Him Away.
Chris Kahn / Reuters:
U.S. voters want leader to end advantage of rich and powerful: Reuters/Ipsos
Discussion: LifeNews.com
Ryan J. Reilly / The Huffington Post:
Trump Team Claims A Poll Watcher Was Threatened With A Belt In Philly. Here's What Really Happened.
Discussion: Infowars
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Carl Bernstein: Trump wins if ‘alternate universe’ of Drudge is right
Discussion: alan.com
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Ex-'Apprentice' contestant won't release ‘potentially damaging’ Trump tape
Mother Jones:
Voter Intimidation Targeting Muslims Reported at Michigan Polling Site
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Nick Wadhams / Bloomberg:
Trump Holds Out on Whether He'd Accept Loss; Clinton Hits Radio
www.wnyc.org:
Alec Baldwin Sheds the Trump Impressions on Election Day
Discussion: Business Insider and Politico
David Brooks / New York Times:
Let's Not Do This Again
 

 
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