Update 10:20pm
McCain’s concession speech is on now, and he’s being quite gracious — this is the McCain I remember from 2000 and haven’t seen since.
Update 8:23pm
MSNBC has just called Ohio for Obama. Wow. That’s pretty much game over, barring any kind of west coast shock.
Nice. Now it’s all about the House and Senate races. More [...]
A bit late in the game for me to be posting this, I realize, but if you see any voting irregularities (basically, anything that smells faintly of a disenfrachisement attempt), call 1-866-OUR-VOTE. They can send someone out to the location of the irregularity or at least give you some advice on the matter.
I’m heading out [...]
Today’s the day. I’m getting ready to go to my first canvas shift. I didn’t get home from Obama’s last rally until 2am. Traffic was horrible because there were an estimated 90,000-100,000 people there. This election has brought about a kind of excitement I’ve never seen, and shame on everyone who says that finally having [...]
Here, dear reader(s), is a handy-dandy quick reference list of which states close their polls at which hour. I’ve also included some annotations on what to expect at various points of the evening, but take those with a grain of salt.
(You could, of course, also download the delightfully festive color-coded map from Swing State Project.)
All [...]
The first official returns are in, courtesy of the New Hampshire towns of Dixville Notch and Hart’s Location:
Democrat Obama defeated Republican John McCain by a count of 15 to 6 in Dixville Notch, where a loud whoop accompanied the announcement in Tuesday’s first minutes. The town of Hart’s Location reported 17 votes for Obama, 10 [...]
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