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Election 2012 results: Vote totals, final results, electoral votes, live election coverage
Get full election coverage and final results of local and national races.
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U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS -- A non-binding referendum is on the ballot: "Are you in favor of the legislature enacting legislation that allows for the production, processing, manufacturing and distribution of industrial hemp in the Virgin Islands?" Feedback on the issue has been mixed. -
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POLL PROBLEMS: Sporadic problems were reported Tuesday at polling places around the country, including a confrontation in Pennsylvania involving Republican inspectors over access to some polls and a voting machine that lit up for Republican Mitt Romney even when a voter pressed the button for President Barack Obama. - www.boston.com
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The Citizen Media Law Project has a chart outlining each state's rules for photography and video inside polling places. Use it to see if it may be illegal for you to post your filled out ballot on Instagram and other social media sites. -
#maVote just voted at ward 5 precinct 4 in Lynn. No line to speak of.by mediaseth via twitter 11/6/2012 8:39:39 PM -
DENVER -- The Colorado Secretary of State's office says voters are on pace to break 2008's turnout numbers, when 92 percent of the state's active voters cast ballots. "There's a steady stream" at polling places, according to spokesman Rich Coolidge. Coolidge says there have been a few "hiccups" reported in the crucial swing counties of Arapahoe and Jefferson, with election judges misinterpreting Colorado's voter ID requirements and poll workers who misread their poll books. In general, says Coolidge, "So far so good." -
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CASINO VOTE IN RHODE ISLAND: If approved, the casino question on Tuesday’s ballot would authorize games such as poker and blackjack at Twin River and Newport Grand. - www.boston.com
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Oops first flub of Election Day: 8th precinct Winchester voting about 57%. In 7th precinct 60-65% of those registered have voted. #maVoteby Stephanie Ebbert via twitter 11/6/2012 8:44:58 PM -
by smythsays via twitter 11/6/2012 8:51:50 PM -
LOS ANGELES -- This is Zach Behrens, Editor-in-Chief of blogs at KCET-TV in Los Angeles. It's an interesting year for California because of a new law playing out for the first time in a statewide general election: The top two vote-getters in the primary, regardless of party affiliation, went on to today's general election. That means there are some districts where voters have to choose between two Democrats or two Republicans. This affects both statewide and congressional races (Example: In Congressional District 31, where Democrats have the advantage, two Republicans are facing off). And perhaps one of the most interesting state propositions is 37, which would require many food products to be labeled if ingredients include genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
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POLL PROBLEMS: One Florida elections office mistakenly told voters in robocalls the election was on Wednesday. >> Story -
Just up in our livestream: Some voters in the battleground state of Pennsylvania were confused about whether they could vote without a state-issued photo I.D. Ray Suarez reports. Watch his report above.
But in early October, a judge postponed the controversial requirement and ordered the state not to enforce it. -
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That Pennsylvania requirement was one of a number of voter identification laws litigated in recent months, and largely put off by the courts to be decided after this election. Campaigns and outside groups will have thousands of lawyers at polling stations and campaign headquarters ready to challenge any irregularities.
On November 5, Jeffrey Brown spoke with Curt Anderson, an Associated Press legal affairs writer based in Miami, and Michael Waldman, president of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, a nonpartisan public policy institute, about controversial voter I.D. laws and other possible legal issue that could arise and cause confusion at the polls. -
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Wow, was just told the line in Boston's Bay Village section now 2.5 hrs long #mavoteby Noah Bierman via twitter 11/6/2012 9:16:38 PM -
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Earlier today, President Obama made a phone call to a campaign volunteer during a visit to a campaign field office in Chicago. Photo by Jason Reed/Reuters.
by PBS NewsHour via Newshour.s3.amazonaws:80 11/6/2012 9:32:41 PM -
RT @AylaBrown: This will probably be our next Christmas photo!!! Haha scottbrownma @gailonthetrail instagr.am/p/Rs_1fNFOLn/
by Cynthia Needham via twitter 11/6/2012 9:34:09 PM -
Electronic voting machine in Pennsylvania records vote for Mitt Romney when voter selects Barack Obama: on.msnbc.com -
RT @ErinMcPike: According to GOP sources on the ground, Romney camp's "ORCA" turnout app has crashed, so they can't monitor their turnou ...by Matt Viser via twitter 11/6/2012 9:35:08 PM -
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NEW YORK -- The running theme in New York City today is how difficult is has been to vote, given that many new polling stations were not announced until late on Monday. But a Coney Island voter bucked the trend.
“It takes too much energy to complain,” said Ramona Beard, a big grin across her face and her arm around her daughter. “My daughter just got her bachelor’s degree! Other people are living out of boxes and I still have my apartment, my clothes, my sneakers. I’m happy to be alive.”
“It was devastating but I’m like, ‘God, I thank you,’ because we didn’t lose everything,” she said. “I don’t have a lot but I have the power to vote.” -
Latest polling number update in Boston: As of 3 p.m., 148,133 people had voted, representing 38.26 percent of the city’s registered voters, according to the mayor’s office. Turnout is slightly lower than during the last presidential election. As of 3 p.m. on Election Day in 2008, 152,780 people had voted. Check out more details. -
Mitt Romney got a surprise endorsement from musician Meat Loaf at a high school rally last week.
The shot above is of Meat Loaf watching as Romney speaks during a campaign rally on Thursday in Defiance, Ohio. Photo by Justin Sullivan / Getty Images.by PBS NewsHour via Newshour.s3.amazonaws:80 11/6/2012 10:12:29 PM -
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If you're looking to lighten the mood, the New Yorker has rounded up 12 Election Day cartoons. Of course, this year, the fifth slide could be chillingly relevant humor. -
Keep track with our electoral college count online ... and off.
by Meena Ganesan via Instagr.am 11/6/2012 10:25:12 PM -
Here’s a look at the House and Senate races to keep an eye on tonight.
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BOISE, Idaho -- Here's some insight into what Election Day is like for folks in the west. At 4 p.m. mountain time, four hours before southern Idaho polls close and five hours before polls close up north, the first polls close in the east coast. Then starts the downhill rush to call races and make predictions -- sometimes before the last voters here even get to cast their ballots. (NOTE - this post was updated to reflect some earlier incorrect time math...) -
A Chicago woman’s contractions were five minutes apart when she arrived at her polling place. Despite already being in labor, 21-year-old Galicia Malone, a first-time voter, stopped to cast her ballot on her way to the hospital. Huffington Post has the story.
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Voters cast their ballots at UAW Local 14 in Toledo, Ohio. Photo by J. D. Pooley/Getty Images.
by PBS NewsHour via Newshour.s3.amazonaws:80 11/6/2012 10:34:33 PM -
Private jets were streaming into Boston’s Logan International Airport Tuesday afternoon, officials said, as Mitt Romney’s well-heeled supporters arrived for his post-election party in the Seaport District. Read the full story.
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CAMPAIGN 2012: So many private jets Logan Airport running out of room. about 15 minutes from Romney venue... #mavoteby Glen Johnson via twitter 11/6/2012 10:34:49 PM -
MINUTES AWAY at 4: ABC15 Election Night Blitz! ****17 straight hours!!!*** So excited! tinyurl.com #abc15voteby Katie Raml via twitter 11/6/2012 10:43:46 PM -
by Katie Raml via twitter 11/6/2012 10:43:51 PM -
LIVE UPDATES: ABC15 wall-to-wall election coverage runs for 17 straight hours starts in 20 minutes tinyurl.com #abc15voteby jamieioos via twitter 11/6/2012 10:44:14 PM -
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by Steve_Kuzj via twitter 11/6/2012 10:55:28 PM
