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

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Jovan Velasquez votes as his children Julian (center), 3, Jaylen, 5, and Jovan Jr. (not shown), 8, watch Nov. 6, 2012, at Washington Mill Elementary School in Alexandria, Va. (Eva Russo/Special to The Washington Times)

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George Allen, U.S. Senate candidate in Virginia, and his wife, Susan, vote 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, and his wife, Susan, vote at Washington Mill Elementary School in Alexandria, Va., on Nov. 6, 2012. (Eva Russo/Special to The Washington Times)

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Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and former Virginia Gov. Timothy Kaine and his wife, Anne Holton, walk back home after voting in Richmond, Va., on Nov. 6, 2012. (Associated Press)

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann, vote in Belmont, Mass., on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Polling Site Inspector James Bestine points out the ballot box to a voter on Election Day at the Holland Land Office Museum in Batavia, N.Y., on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/David Duprey)

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New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg (second from left) waits in line to vote in New York on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order Monday allowing residents to cast a so-called affidavit, or provisional ballot, at any polling place in the state for president and statewide office holders. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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A person who did not wish to be identified votes on Election Day at the Holland Land Office Museum in Batavia, N.Y., on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/David Duprey)

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Officer of Election Harold Puckett readies a voting machine at the Highland Precinct No. 1 at the Roanoke Scottish Rite Building on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Roanoke, Va. (AP Photo/The Roanoke Times, Kyle Green)

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann Romney, vote at a polling station in Belmont, Mass., on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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James Ventresca (left) and Claudia Welch fill out their ballots at Town Hall on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Calais, Vt. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

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Matt Kamien waits to vote inside the 24-hour Su Nueva Laundromat in Chicago's 13th Ward on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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As voters cast their ballots, a cat that resides at the Kindred Transitional Care and Rehabilition Center wanders through on Election Day, Tuesday Nov. 6, 2012, in South Bend, Ind. (AP Photo/Joe Raymond)

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A voter walks through a makeshift shelter in a gymnasium at Toms River East High School on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, on the way to the polls in Toms River, N.J. Voter turnout was heavy in several storm-ravaged Jersey shore towns, with many voters expressing relief and even elation at being able to vote at all, considering the devastation. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)