During the final debate in the Virginia Governor’s race, Democratic candidate Creigh Deeds opted to share some of his “thinking” with the public: [Deeds said] he “shared the broad goals” of health care reform, but would “certainly consider opting out” of a public option “if that were available to Virginia.” “I’m not afraid of going [...]

Election Protection is getting reports of Ohio voters whose names have mysteriously vanished from the voter rolls:

Above the Law has a disturbing dispatch from Pennsylvania. Some voting machines have broken down and voters are casting their votes on paper ballots. According to ATL’s Elie Mystal, voters are being told that their emergency votees on paper will be counted as provisional ballots, not as ordinary votes:

Meet Eunice Brice, a member of UH local 570 and a Charlotte native.

Today she’s helping UNITE get out the vote in her home town.

Eunice says she hasn’t an election day like this since Kennedy.

Elana called from a car in Charlotte, North Carolina to report that this is shaping up to be a remarkable election day. Union organizers have noticed that they’re not the only ones giving rides to the polls today. People who aren’t affiliated with any campaign are spontaneously stepping up and offering rides.

A mercenary firm in Oregon offered to provide “security” on election day in case voters “get out of control,” Danger Room reports

Polling wiz Nate Silver reports that Obama has a 5.8-point lead in the national popular vote. McCain is trailing in Pennsylvania, despite a massive last-minute campaign onslaught.

Virtually every winning scenario for McCain presupposes that the polls are flat-out wrong, whether because of the Bradley effect, voter suppression, electronic voter fraud, or the most massive statistical fluke in the history of quantitation.

Introducing the twitter Vote Report, an innovative new project brought to you by the blog techPresident and an all-volunteer team of software developers, designers, and other concerned citizens.

The basic idea is simple: Voters tweeting about their experiences at the polls. Did an improperly calibrated voting machine flip your vote in West Viriginia? Lines around the block in West Palm Beach? GOP goon squads massing at your polling place? Let the Vote Report know.

Breaking on KDKA Channel 02: “A Pittsburgh police commander says a volunteer for the McCain campaign who reported being robbed and attacked near a bank ATM in Bloomfield has confessed to making up the story. Police say charges will be filed.”

In his first TV interview after picking his running mate, John McCain famously described Sarah Palin as his “partner and soulmate,” but now at least one interviewer is picking up a less friendly vibe from the Republican ticket. Sam Stein reports: