Pat Dollard

Fox News: Early monitoring of voting around the country is raising concerns about electronic voting machines in key battleground states

Telegraph: The killer whose human rights case has paved the way for prisoners to get the vote in Britain for the first time has taunted ministers by toasting his success on YouTube with “Champagne and a joint”. John Hirst, who hacked his landlady to death with an axe, said he was celebrating “for the 75,000 [...]

Politico: by Michael Kinsley American exceptionalism may be a self-destructive concept.

The Hill: Democrats on Tuesday insisted high Election Day turnout was helping their party, while Republicans expressed confidence they would win back a House majority. “The reports that we’re getting back are encouraging,” said Democratic National Committee (DNC) spokesman Hari Sevugan. He said Democrats are seeing strong turnout in the suburbs of Philadelphia, central Pennsylvania [...]

Rapid fire explosions, involving booby-trapped cars, roadside bombs, mortar strikes leave 180 wounded across city’s mostly Shiite neighborhoods. BAGHDAD (AP) — Rapid-fire bombings and mortar strikes killed 62 people and wounded 180 across Baghdad’s mostly Shiite neighborhoods Tuesday night, calling into question the ability of Iraqi security forces to protect the capital. The blasts came [...]

A recording featured on the DVD titled “JFK: A Story from the Inside” is a conversation between FBI informant William Somersett and suspect Joseph A. Milteer that took place on Nov. 9, 1963, before President Kennedy was killed in Dallas.

Los Angeles Times: Even with voting already under way, President Obama furiously worked the phones calling urban-format radio stations Tuesday, hoping to stave off a Republican tide at the polls. “We need to keep moving forward, that’s why I need folks to vote today,” Obama told listeners to KPWR (105.9 FM) in Los Angeles. Interrupting [...]

Mediaite: We’ve already laid out which of the media’s favorite candidates have a chance of actually winning today – but when will we find out if the media’s dreams come true? Here’s a breakdown of when all the polls close, and which races to watch when the clock winds down. 7:00pmET: Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, South [...]

The Hill: LAS VEGAS — Senate candidates Harry Reid and Sharron Angle are making last-minute campaign stops Tuesday with voting under way across Nevada. Senate Majority Leader Reid is set to rally volunteers on Tuesday morning at his campaign headquarters in the west Las Vegas neighborhood of Summerlin. Just before noon, the Democratic leader will [...]

Washington Post: The lively if disjointed tea party movement faces its biggest test yet as a lasting American political force in Tuesday’s midterm elections. With as many as a dozen high-profile House and Senate races featuring tea-party-backed candidates still too close to call, it’s completely unclear how that test will turn out. The tea party [...]

Washington Times: Independent voters who powered President Obama to victory in 2008 have deserted his party this year, all but guaranteeing that Republicans will win control of the House in Tuesday’s elections, though analysts said self-inflicted wounds likely will keep the GOP from winning the Senate. The final pre-election Gallup poll found likely voters preferring [...]

The Hill: Election Day could bring a swift end to the leadership of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and spark power struggles in both chambers to replace them. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), the vice chairman of the Senate Democratic Conference, has left little doubt among Democratic aides and lobbyists that [...]