20:42
6.11.2012
The big day has arrived. After more than a year of campaigning, voters in the U.S head to the polls today to choose their president. We will live blog the results here -- with an eye towards our broadcast countries.
20:54
6.11.2012
Both campaigns are trying to get people out to the polls:
Election Day is here! Confirm your polling place and bring a friend with you to vote. OFA.BO/8QHTRN, twitter.com/BarackObama/st…
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) November 6, 2012
This is it. Make sure you vote today. Find your polling location: mi.tt/UtXKer twitter.com/MittRomney/sta…
— Mitt Romney (@MittRomney) November 6, 2012
21:06
6.11.2012
RFE/RL Washington correspondent Richard Solash talked to some voters in Arlington, VA:
Will Blake, a Romney voter - "I didn't see a dramatic difference between the two candidates [on foreign policy] to the point that I thought it differentiated President Obama enough to swing my opinion, to be frank."
Brandon Colet, an Obama voter - "Although I don't believe in most of [Obama's] fiscal policies, it's most of his social policies I support more than Romney's."
Joe Reddan, who declined to say which candidate he supports - "The campaign season was one of the most negative I've ever seen. If you don't have a record to run on, then you have to disparage the other guy, and if you're the other guy and you can't elucidate a vision -- it makes it really a lot of acrimony, not a lot of positive messaging."
21:14
6.11.2012
Russian Election Report Concludes U.S. Vote Will Be Neither Free Nor Fair bit.ly/Tti7r6
— RFE/RL (@RFERL) November 6, 2012
21:19
6.11.2012
21:34
6.11.2012
Read @gesfandiari on the Iranian-American #vote2012 rferl.org/content/obama-…
— RFE/RL (@RFERL) November 6, 2012
21:41
6.11.2012
Even Big Bird has to wait in line to vote [photo by @ralphbarrera] twitter.com/daily/status/2…
— The Daily (@daily) November 6, 2012
22:02
6.11.2012
Why the donkey? Why the Elephant? [READ IT]
22:17
6.11.2012
Very useful map from the Daily Kos on poll closing times [HERE]
22:32
6.11.2012
We CANNOT verify this...but need to post it.
In Kenya, a bull named Barack Obama beat a larger bull named Mitt Romney in a fight. harp.rs/5cox53e #WeeklyReview
— Harper's Magazine (@Harpers) November 6, 2012