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• Florida Election Nearly Half Over with Early, Absentee Ballots
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Florida   |   $util.date("MMMM d, yyyy", $contentItem.startDate)
• More than 4.5 million people have voted early, which accounts for 38 percent of the state's 12 million registered voters and half of the ones likely to cast a ballot.

• Absentee Voting Record Set in South Carolina
• BY: McClatchy News   |   South Carolina   |   $util.date("MMMM d, yyyy", $contentItem.startDate)
• More than 375,000 South Carolinians already have voted absentee -- the most ever in state history.

• Charter School Amendment Lacks Georgia Superintendent's Support
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Georgia   |   $util.date("MMMM d, yyyy", $contentItem.startDate)
• State schools superintendent John Barge's opposition is not against charter schools themselves but rather the creation of a third organization to do what two others already have the power to do.

• Climate Policy Changes on the Ballot in Some States
• Source: Washington Post   |   Nation   |   $util.date("MMMM d, yyyy", $contentItem.startDate)
• While Tuesday’s election may not break the national logjam over how to address climate change, a few states will take decisive action on energy policy in the coming week.

• First-Ever Presidential Tie in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire's Midnight Vote
• Source: The Hill   |   Dixville Notch, N.H.   |   $util.date("MMMM d, yyyy", $contentItem.startDate)
• President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney evenly split the vote in Dixville Notch, N.H., the village near the Canadian border famous for their midnight vote that is traditionally thought to predict the eventual winner of the election.

• District of Columbia Helps Inmates Vote
• Source: AP/USA Today   |   District of Columbia   |   $util.date("MMMM d, yyyy", $contentItem.startDate)
• Inmates awaiting trial or serving a sentence for a misdemeanor are allowed to vote as long as they aren't barred by a past felony conviction. Most states, however, don't actively help these people vote.

• New York, New Jersey Rush to Help Storm Victims Vote
• Source: New York Times   |   Northeast   |   $util.date("MMMM d, yyyy", $contentItem.startDate)
• New Jersey and New York both said they would allow voters uprooted by Hurricane Sandy to cast provisional ballots anywhere in their states. But the provisional ballots could not be used in local and Congressional races.

• Court to Decide Whether Ohio Voting Software is Vulnerable to Fraud
• Source: Christian Science Monitor   |   Ohio   |   $util.date("MMMM d, yyyy", $contentItem.startDate)
• A local candidate says a crucial piece of Ohio vote-tallying software was not properly vetted by the state and could be hacked. A judge will hear the case on Election Day and decide whether to grant an injunction against use of the software Tuesday.

• Voting Debacle in Florida Causes Chaos, Confusion
• BY: McClatchy News   |   $util.date("MMMM d, yyyy", $contentItem.startDate)
• What began Sunday morning as an attempt by the Miami-Dade County elections department to let more people early vote devolved into chaos and confusion only days before the nation decides its next president.

• Massachusetts, California Voters to Decide on Death
• BY: Dylan Scott   |   $util.date("MMMM d, yyyy", $contentItem.startDate)
• Bay State voters will decide whether to allow physician-assisted suicide, while people in the Golden State will vote on abolishing the death penalty.

• Charter Schools Get Another Chance at the Ballot
• BY: Dylan Scott   |   $util.date("MMMM d, yyyy", $contentItem.startDate)
• Multi-year fights over education reform will be on the ballot in Georgia and Washington.

• Affirmative Action, Dream Act Put in Front of Voters
• BY: Dylan Scott   |   $util.date("MMMM d, yyyy", $contentItem.startDate)
• Oklahoma and Maryland voters will decide on questions of access and equality.

• New York State Senate Races Tighter After Sandy
• Source: New York Times   |   New York   |   $util.date("MMMM d, yyyy", $contentItem.startDate)
• The fight for control of the New York State Senate has grown unexpectedly competitive in the final moments of this year’s campaign, with Hurricane Sandy adding a large dose of uncertainty to the vote.

• New Jersey to Allow Storm Victims to Vote by E-mail, Fax
• Source: Politico   |   New Jersey   |   $util.date("MMMM d, yyyy", $contentItem.startDate)
• Using a system already accessible to military members deployed overseas, hurricane-damaged New Jersey will allow displaced residents to cast their votes using e-mail or fax on Election Day.

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