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...Isolated incidents of touchscreen-machine problems are also coming in. Again, the ACLU says, boards of elections are responding quickly to fix problems so they don't turn into nightmares. - By Charu Gupta / Cleveland...
...unseasonably warm weather brought tourists and New Yorkers out in droves to Rockefeller Center's "Election Plaza," an enchanting display of democracy on ice - literally. NBC has temporarily transformed the iconic Rockefeller skating rink into a frozen map of the U.S.; the states will turn red or blue this evening as the election results are announced. In front of the art deco landmark, a gigantic TV screens display footage of the past 20 months of the campaign as The Today Show ticker streams news updates across the street. Tourists mill about in campaign buttons and patriotic outfits, posing for photos...
...Overall, however, things had been going reasonably smoothly in the Philadelphia area, despite what is invariably being described as a record turnout in most places. There were a few spots where machines were broken or wouldn't turn on early in the day. But with a lunchtime rush approaching, he said, most of those issues had been worked...
...Both Republicans and Democrats in Iowa report smooth sailing so far but appear reluctant to sound too cocky. They haven't heard of any major complaints at polling places and are concentrating on turning out voters. "Everything is going smoothly," says Nathan Treloar, the Iowa Republican Party's communications director. There have been reports of lines, especially in more densely populated precincts early in the morning, he says. Republicans have been busy doing the "bare basics, getting out there, contacting voters that we need to turn out and double-checking absentee requests that have not been returned," he says...
...this year's exit polls turn out to be more accurate than in past years, as they appear to be, it's not by accident. The National Election Pool (a consortium of ABC News, Associated Press, CBS News, CNN, Fox and NBC News), working with Edison Media Research and Mitofsky International, made changes this year in an effort to do better...