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"Character is who you are in the dark."

Who a person votes for, in the end, is something only they themselves know for certain. The secrecy of the ballot is very similar to the effect anonymity has on the behavior of people online.

Just in: A judge has ruled in favor of the Navajo Nation, saying NINE precincts in Apache County, AZ will be allowed to stay open two hours past the statewide deadline of 7 PM because of voting issues in those precincts.

Follow live presidential electoral results from Bloomberg with live data updates at bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-us

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Fani Willis, who has led Fulton County’s prosecution of Donald Trump, easily won reelection on Tuesday, securing a second four-year term as DA.

The veteran prosecutor defeated Republican Courtney Kramer, an attorney and former Trump White House intern
ajc.com/politics/fulton-da-fan

Not good. According to Greg Palast, a MAGA mob shut down voting in Camilla, Georgia (73% Black township). The polls hadn’t even opened by 3pm. This threatens certification of ’s Electoral College vote under the rules of the new MAGA-controlled State Elections Board.

Navajo Nation files lawsuit asking to keep polling places open until 9 p.m. on the reservation in Apache County, AZ, two hours past scheduled closing time.
votebeat.org/arizona/2024/11/0

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Watch the 7 battleground states. Don't get distracted with non-competitive states.

They are:
Arizona
Georgia
Michigan
Nevada
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin

I'm loving it: Andy Kim was elected to the U.S. Senate in a historic win that upended New Jersey politics. Kim will be country’s first Korean American senator.

More issues:
Nevada’s secretary of state, seeing high number of rejected ballots in Clark and Washoe, says one of the biggest issues is that the signatures of younger voters don’t always match what’s on their driver’s licenses:

“It’s mostly the fact that young people don’t have signatures these days. And when they did register to vote through the automatic voter registration process, they signed a digital pad at D.M.V., and that became their license signature.” nytimes.com/live/2024/11/05/us

More bad news for Space Karen: Elon Musk’s big voter giveaway just took a turn.

Voters who signed up for his “million-dollar” sweepstakes are now filing suit against Musk and his America PAC, claiming they were misled on how the winners were chosen, according to Bloomberg.

The ACLU of PA reports that a judge in Northampton County refused to extend voting hours, despite waits of 6+ hours near Lehigh University. But if you’re in line at 8 p.m, you can vote. If the Banana Factory is your polling place and you haven’t voted yet, get in line by 8!

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“Rudy Giuliani arrived at a polling station in Florida on Tuesday apparently driving the Mercedes-Benz he’s been ordered to turn over to two Fulton County poll workers.”

Privileged white men believe they are privileged.

ajc.com/politics/rudy-giuliani

Lots of positive vibes out there. Worth listening to this young voter.

Shirley Chisholm on her prediction of a woman becoming President of the U.S. She called it.

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Excellent comedic piece from The Onion on election predictions and life.

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