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Michigan: No Talking to Voters Please, 8:00 a.m. E.T. Here in Michigan, medical marijuana is on the ballot. So is stem cell research. Election Day weather forecasts call for 72 degrees and lots of sun. Huh? Apparently, Michigan is masquerading as California. But in a year featuring record housing foreclosures, massive job losses and the prospect of the Big Three Automakers downsizing to the Nearly Bankrupt Two, maybe it shouldn't be a surprise that Michigan residents want to try something different. Some cities are predicting as many as 80 percent to 90 percent of those registered will vote...
Missouri: The Long Ballot, 8:00 a.m. E.T. A record-setting 76% of voters, or 3.2 million people, are expected today at the polls in Missouri, which has no early voting. Secretary of State Robin Carnahan is warning of long lines and urging people to "come ready to wait it out." Voters casting absentee ballots - the demand has been nearly twice the normal level this year - have had to wait two hours or more in Kansas City and St. Louis. Adding to fears of chaos is the sheer length of the ballot. For instance, in St. Louis County...
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...Arizona these past 18 months. In theoretical matchups for McCain's 2010 Senate re-election, he trails Napolitano by double digits. "McCain won his own primary by less than 50% here," says Weeg. "Half of the registered voters in Arizona have seen John McCain's name on the ballot once or never - that is how much the state has changed...
...This time, he did not make the same mistake. Since February 2007, as Obama pursued his presidential dream, Dunham watched her grandson on TV from her apartment. This fall, she cast her ballot for him, in early, absentee voting. And two weeks ago, for two precious days, he got to thank her in person for helping make him what he is and could...