Americans Vote For Next President

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Americans Vote for Next President

WASHINGTON, November 7 (RIA Novosti) – Tens of millions of Americans turned out to vote Tuesday in a presidential election pitting Democratic incumbent Barack Obama against Republican challenger Mitt Romney, encountering long lines and a range of technical problems to cast their ballots in the hotly contested race.

Major US media outlets were expected to begin “calling” the race on a state-by-state basis as polls on the East Coast close Tuesday evening, though many of them said they would take extra precautions to avoid a fiasco like that in the 2000 presidential election, when television networks made numerous mistakes and announced incorrect winners.

With many of the pivotal “battleground” states situated in the eastern half of the country, it was hoped that a winner of the presidential race could become clear sometime around midnight Eastern Standard Time (0500 GMT Wednesday).

But the reported closeness of the race—as well as the potential for vote disruption and procedural violations due to everything from the hurricane that hit the East Coast last week to long lines and confusion about voting rules—means it could take much longer for a clear winner to emerge.

Voters at polling stations throughout the eastern United States on Tuesday complained of myriad problems as they attempted to cast their ballots. Tempers flared over long, snaking lines at polling precincts that forced some voters to spend several hours in line.

Travel agent Mitchell Banks, 53, arrived at an Arlington, Virginia, community center to cast his ballot Tuesday morning but gave up temporarily after waiting three hours. He called the situation “insane.”

“We’re hoping to come back later when the line is smaller,” Banks told RIA Novosti.

Voters on Tuesday complained about faulty electronic voting machines, personnel shortages at polling stations, and mix-ups over voter registries.

“This morning, it was chaos,” Diana Taylor, an election judge working at a polling station in the town of Newton, Connecticut, told USA Today. [more...]

Full story: http://en.rian.ru/wo.../177243862.html

-- RIA NOVOSTI 2012-11-07

[samran]

http://edition.cnn.com/election/2012/results/race/president

am keeping an eye on this.

The interesting one is Florida. At the time I clicked 33% of the vote counted and Obama up 52% to 48% to Romney.

[Tywais]

Election streaming live.

[keemapoot]

Exit polls in Ohio are now showing that 59% approve of Obama's auto bailout, vs. 39%. Also, white voter number turnout are the lowest in history, so preliminary info may show that Thurston Howell III, may regret both his initial view on not saving Auto, and later, his proven false campaign assertion that Chrysler is sending jobs to China.

[canman]

Early results: Romney - 19, Obama - 3

[notmyself]

-1k now

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CBS

http://www.cbsnews.com/2718-250_162-1163/election-day/

[londoedan]

Election streaming live.

Is there a similar feed available for FOX NEWS ?

I'd really like to see how their correspondents respond to a BHO re-election victory (crossed-fingers).

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RT @ErrolCNN: UPDATE: In race to 270 electoral votes NN projects @BarackObama 64 / @MittRomney 40 so far. Much more to come CNNElections

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NBC

http://www.nbc.com/

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HUFFINGTON POST

http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/2012/results

[Tywais]

Is there a similar feed available for FOX NEWS ?

I'd really like to see how their correspondents respond to a BHO re-election victory (crossed-fingers).

http://live.foxnews.com/

[asiawatcher]

The vote that will send the world into chaos. Sorry Ron Paul that you did not get a chance to right all the wrongs, yet again. When anarchy rules you may say 'told you so".

[notmyself]

-3

[mania]

If nothing else it is seeming like a close race

Will be interesting to watch as the day wears on

edit: I'm not sure which way this thing is going

Edited November 7, 2012 by mania

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RT @USEmbassyBKK: Calling 12 states, ABC gives Romney 40 electoral votes; Obama, 57. No swing states have been called yet. #USElectionBKK

[StevieH]

The interesting one is Florida. At the time I clicked 33% of the vote counted and Obama up 52% to 48% to Romney.

there's talk of big queues outside polling stations in florida which have closed their doors.

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RT @newley: Electoral vote reporting, 8:25 pm: Fox: Obama 78, Romney 82. CBS: Obama 78, Romney 82. NBC: Obama 64, Romney 82. #2012Election

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RT @JNSmall: Obama ahead 57% or 60,774 votes to Romney's 42% or 45,327 in pivotal Hamilton County, OH #TIMEvote

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RT @WSJ: Polls are closed in more than half of U.S. states. Our map of Election Night results so far: http://on.wsj.com/XhGeQS

[notmyself]

-5 Not looking good so far.

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ELECTION TRACKER

http://elections2012.npr.org/bigboard/president.html

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RT @AP: ELECTION UPDATE: Romney wins in Georgia, Tennessee; McMahon loses Senate bid: http://apne.ws/TJkNp0 #Election2012

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Obama wins Romney's home state Massachusetts

Washington - US President Barack Obama was projected to win the home state of his Republican rival Mitt Romney, according to broadcast reports Tuesday.

Obama had a commanding lead in the eastern state, where Romney once served as governor from 2003-07. But the state, which offers 11 electoral votes, has for decades voted solidly Democratic.

Obama was also holding on to his home state Illinois, which has 20 electoral votes. To win the White House, a candidate needs to capture 270 electoral votes that are assigned to states according to their populations.

Romney’s headquarters are in Boston, Massachusetts, where according to CNN, which cited campaign officials, he has prepared a victory speech of more than 1,000 words.

-- The Nation 2012-11-07

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RT @BBCNewsUS: With #Massachusetts going for #Obama - if #Romney wins, he'll be the first president to lose home state since Wilson in 1916

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RT @VOA_News: VOA tally: Romney now at 67 electoral votes to Obama's 64. Live: http://ow.ly/f52aV #Election2012

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RT @samsteinhp: RT @thegarance: CNN: Voting in Virginia could continue until 11 pm EST.

RT @CBSNews: RT @markknoller: Andrews reports that under Virginia rules, if you're in line to vote at 7pm when polls close, you must be allowed to vote.

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RT @cnnbrk: Romney will win Alabama’s 9 electoral votes, CNN projects. #CNNelection http://cnn.com

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Tally of votes in the Electoral College

Washington - With a winner projected in 18 of 50 US states and the District of Columbia, the following is a tally of the electoral votes won thus far in the presidential election:

Barack Obama: 64 electoral votes

Mitt Romney: 82 electoral votes

Needed to win: 270 of 538 electoral votes

The number of state results not yet projected by at least one television network is 33.

The states that have been projected are:

Vermont(3)

Kentucky(8)

Indiana(11)

WestVirginia (5)

SouthCarolina (9)

Maryland(10)

Districtof Columbia (3)

Illinois(20)

Georgia(16)

Massachusetts(11)

Tennessee(11)

Alabama(9)

Connecticut(7)

Oklahoma(7)

Mississippi(6)

RhodeIsland (4)

Delaware(3)

*Maine(4)

*Thestate splits its 4 electoral votes this way: Two go to the overall winner of the state; one vote is awarded to the winner of each of its two congressional districts. The state has been projected as a win for Obama and he is projected to win one of the two congressional districts.

-- The Nation 2012-11-07