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...Fernando Valley headquarters for Barack Obama was already buzzing with celebratory activity this evening, even though the votes were still being counted and California's polls hadn't closed. Volunteers streamed in to man phone banks on the ground floor of the building in Van Nuys. Organizers gathered round a fresh-faced teenager, shouting "Let's hear it for Jeff who made 200 calls!" and handing the boy a poster featuring the presidential contender. Nicole Roberts, a 26-year-old African-American actress from Sherman Oaks, stood waiting for a friend to deliver a cell phone, as hers...
McCain supporters were also going door-to-door across the state in a last minute push to reach likely voters. "We're very confident in Virginia because we are closing strong. We have a 20,000-strong, 72-hours volunteer force going door to door. Phone banks are full from morning to evening. We're seeing a lot of momentum and we are encouraged," says Gail Gitcho, McCain's mid-atlantic regional communications director. - By Kris Osborn...
...voters: some 340,000 this year, 150,000 of them under the age of 24. "The big unknown is the youth vote," says Democrat Chris Kelly of Columbia, a veteran of many campaigns. In his district alone, Kelly said, 3,300 new voters have signed up. "These are cell-phone kids - they don't show up in the polls...
...committee has more than 1,000 volunteers around the area observing the election process, helping confused voters, and fielding phone calls reporting problems and abuses. In the committee's offices, more than a dozen volunteers with phone headsets and laptops were recording problems and suggesting solutions for voters...
...voter ID card has the right polling place," another asks. "Then you can fill it out and get it back," said another into the phone. "I know it's a lot of work, but it will work. Goodbye - and good luck...