Long Lines in Many States and Continuing Irregularities

Another quick update. Long lines are being reported in many states, with continuing strong turnout, including an estimated 80% turnout in Ohio.

In some eastern states, wet weather is causing problems with voters dripping water on optical scan ballots, while there were problems with registration books in a county in Missouri, and voting machines are rejecting some ballots in Florida where voters abstained on certain questions. All of these have been addressed so far with what appear to be satisfactory solutions.

More concerning is text messages reported by voters in Texas, Missouri, Mississippi, Alabama and Arkansas telling Democrats to vote on Wednesday. Apparently, someone has also paid for robocalls in Missouri telling voters the same thing, and an e-mail saying the same has been circulating in Arkansas. This is clearly a fairly well financed attempt to distort and alter the vote in these states. The police should be looking into who is responsible, particularly for the Robocalls in Missouri.

I'll try to keep abreast of what is going on and update again before polls close. Though being in class all day is making that tough.

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