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While one man waits for an election official to bring him to an available voting machine, other voters cast their ballots at Winston Churchill High School in Potomac, Md. on Election Day, Nov. 6, 2012. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Voters wait in line on Election Day at Winston Churchill High School in Potomac, Md., on Nov. 6, 2012. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Maryland Rep. Roscoe Bartlett gets his "Bartlett for Congress" sticker put on him by his chief of staff on Election Day outside of Grantsville Elementary School in Grantsville, Md., on Nov. 6, 2012. Bartlett, who is in a tight race against Democrat John Delaney, is visiting every county in his district on Election Day. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Garrett County residents vote at Grantsville Elementary School in Grantsville, Md., on Election Day, Nov. 6, 2012. The heavily Republican district has roughly 1,577 registered voters. They had about 100 by 8 a.m. and expected good turnout throughout the day. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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A voter casts his ballot on Election Day at Grantsville Elementary School in Grantsville, Md., on Nov. 6, 2012. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Maryland Rep. Roscoe Bartlett, a Republican who represents the state's sixth Congressional district, waves to voters with Debbie Burrell, his chief of staff, outside of Grantsville Elementary School in Grantsville, Md. on Election Day, Nov. 6, 2012. Bartlett, who is in a tight race against Democrat John Delaney, is visiting every county in his district on Election Day. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Russell Broadwater (right) and other voters cast their ballots on Election Day at Grantsville Elementary School in Grantsville, Md., on Nov. 6, 2012. The heavily Republican district has about 1,577 registered voters and had 100 people by 8 a.m. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Macafie (left), 10, and Anthony Bobo, 8, look on as their father, Jack, votes on Election Day at Winston Churchill High School in Potomac, Md., on Nov. 6, 2012. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Maryland Rep. Roscoe Bartlett, a Republican, shakes hands with Grantsville, Md., Mayor Paul Edwards outside of Grantsville Elementary School on Election Day, Nov. 6, 2012. Bartlett, who is in a tight race against Democrat John Delaney, is visiting every county in his district on Election Day. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Jerry Garson (left) of the Ben Cardin campaign team, goes over data on Election Day with Maryland U.S. Congress hopeful John Delaney outside of Winston Churchill High School on Nov. 6, 2012. Delaney is hoping to oust Republican incumbent Roscoe Bartlett in the sixth district. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Sisters Juasmine (left) and Jualece Huff campaign outside of Winston Churchill High School in Potomac, Md., on Election Day, Nov. 6, 2012. Jualece says she is for Question 7, which would expand gambling in the state, because she believes it will bring more jobs and money for education. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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A Potomac, Md., resident who preferred not to be identified holds a sign up campaigning for Maryland residents to vote against Question 6, which would legalize gay marriage, outside of Winston Churchill High School in Potomac on Election Day, Nov. 6, 2012. If Maryland residents vote to legalize gay marriage, it will become the first state in the nation to have done so by popular vote. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Voters waiting to cast ballots on Election Day at Winston Churchill High School in Potomac, Md., are seen through a cafeteria door on Nov. 6, 2012. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Elections operation judge Rosario Khan hands out "I voted" stickers on Election Day at Winston Churchill High School in Potomac, Md., on Nov. 6, 2012. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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New South African banknotes bearing the image of former President Nelson Mandela went into circulation on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

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Prison officers carry the coffin of their slain colleague, David Black, to Molesworth Presbyterian Church in Cookstown, Northern Ireland, on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. The father of two was shot dead by suspected paramilitary Irish Republican Army dissidents in County Armagh on Thursday as he drove to work at Maghaberry Prison. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)