In the end, voting is such a simple thing. TPM Reader KS sends in this early morning shot from today in Wisconsin: Read More
Keith Olbermann suspends his “Worst Person In The World” segment.
TPM Reader BM reports in from Minnesota:
I just spoke to the head judge at the St Cloud Mn polling station I am observing at regarding tea party bling, she said she would ask the voter to take it off, cover it up or just get it out of sight. If they refuse, they will be allowed to vote, but their names will be forwarded to the county prosecutor.
Given the man in black’s politics, I was a bit surprised to hear John Boehner using Johnny Cash’s name as part of his conservative nostalgia campaign speech. Seems like his daughter did too.
E.J. Dionne had an interesting point at WaPo yesterday. There are a lot of Dems out there hoping against hope that these likely voter screens are way off in predicting who’s actually going to turn out today. And there’s actually enough evidence out there to create some basis for the hope. But let’s say that doesn’t happen. Let’s say the polls hit it pretty much on the head. It still an almost unprecedented situation because the results for likely voters are so different this year from those for registered voters. They’re always different and a likely screen usually pushes the numbers in a more Republican direction, since likely voters tend to come from more Republican demographic groups. But still, the gap this time is huge.
We’ve significantly upgraded our election night scoreboard from past elections. Upgraded may not be the right word. It’s like we’ve gone from stone tablets to an iPad. Check it out in advance of tonight and let us know what you think. Big props to our development team, Al Shaw and Erik Hinton, for building this feature.
Anti-“voter fraud” group in Minnesota tells its supporters to ignore a federal judge’s ruling that they can’t wear “Please I.D. Me” buttons to the polls.
Republicans need 39 seats to take the House, but by nearly all accounts there are already 13 Dems who are toast, to use the technical term.
Not every race will necessarily be decided today. A look at the races where both parties are preparing for potential recounts and legal wrangling.