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...feet and places a marker. When the polls open in less than an hour, the only people allowed within that radius will be those ready to cast a ballot. He points to a hedge on the other side of the church parking lot, just visible in the pre-dawn light. He measured that distance last year so he knows. "Just checking," said Hall, donning the yellow mesh vest that will mark him for the next 13 hours...
First-time voter and Obama supporter Nate Gay woke up at 5 a.m. so he could be among the first to vote at his local polling station in Warrenton, Va. In a 10-minute video that the college student had posted to his profile by noon, he documents his pre-dawn drive to a nearby elementary school and explains why he chose a paper ballot over the computerized touchscreen (he didn't trust the high-tech option). By the time he drove away, a few minutes after 6 a.m. - the polling site's opening time - a line of voters...
...Pre-Civil War abolitionist tensions ran high at the school. While Hayes later became known for ending Reconstruction, he declined to take a side in the dispute over slavery during his time at Harvard...
...Fortunately for the Obama campaign, a new Harvard study finds that the senator may not have much to worry about. In November 1982, Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley, a black Democrat, was running ahead in the polls for governor of California and was feeling confident going into election day. Pre-election polling showed that he had a significant lead over his Republican opponent, and exit-polling conducted on the day of the election predicted that Bradley would emerge victorious. But when all of the ballots were finally counted, the pollsters were proven wrong—fewer white voters had actually...
...freshman, it’s real fast, and now you’re used to the speed, how guys shoot, and it’s a lot easier.”Hoyle, on the other hand, is a highly regarded recruit who has had solid numbers throughout his pre-collegiate career.But Hoyle’s rookie status puts him at a distinct disadvantage—he lacks experience and playing time against college teams.“The one thing that he doesn’t have is experience,” Donato says. “He just hasn?...