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Angel Cambara, left, and Clara Alonso, second from left, wait in line to cast their ballots at a polling station, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Miami. After a grinding presidential campaign President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, yield center stage to American voters Tuesday for an Election Day choice that will frame the contours of government and the nation for years to come. (AP Photo/The Miami Herald, Tim Chapman) MAGS OUT

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Kezia Gipson, 3, waits with her grandparents Doris Ross and Freddie Irvin in a voting line at the International Longshoreman's Association Office in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. After a grinding presidential campaign President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, yield center stage to American voters Tuesday for an Election Day choice that will frame the contours of government and the nation for years to come. (AP Photo/The Miami Herald,Joe Rimkus Jr. ) MAGS OUT

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President Barack Obama speaks to media as he visits a campaign office the morning of the 2012 election, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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President Barack Obama is embraced by a volunteer as he visits a campaign office the morning of the 2012 election, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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President Barack Obama is applauded as he visits with volunteers at a campaign office the morning of the 2012 election, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Rep. Paul Ryan, the Republican vice presidential candidate, casts his ballot as wife Janna, son Charlie (left) and daughter Liza watch on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, at the Hedberg Public Library in Janesville, Wis. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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**FILE** President Obama stands with Bob Dylan before awarding him the Medal of Freedom during a May 29, 2012, ceremony in the East Room of the White House. (Associated Press)

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George Allen, U.S. Senate candidate in Virginia, greets voters as they wait in line at Washington Mill Elementary School in Alexandria, Va., on Nov. 6, 2012. Allen was also there to vote with his wife, Susan. (Eva Russo/Special to The Washington Times)

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Democratic Senate candidate and former Virginia Gov. Timothy Kaine and his wife, Anne Holton, wait in line to vote in Richmond, Va., on Nov. 6, 2012. (Associated Press)

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Special assistant election officer Belinda Strickland directs voters at Washington Mill Elementary School in Alexandria, Va., on Nov. 6, 2012. (Eva Russo/Special to The Washington Times)

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Election officers check voters' identification at Washington Mill Elementary School in Alexandria, Va., on Nov. 6, 2012. (Eva Russo/Special to The Washington Times)

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George Allen, U.S. Senate candidate in Virginia, greets first-time voter Nysha Harris (left) and her mother, Tamica Harris, as they wait in line to vote at Washington Mill Elementary School in Alexandria, Va., on Nov. 6, 2012. Allen was also there to vote with his wife, Susan. (Eva Russo/Special to The Washington Times)

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The line of voters winds its way through the halls of Washington Mill Elementary School in Alexandria, Va., before 7 a.m. on Nov. 6, 2012. Voters were already lined up outside the school when the polls opened at 6 a.m. (Eva Russo/Special to The Washington Times)