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Poll Report

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Here's one report from the field: turnout at my polling place in Fairfax County, Va., was, conservatively, 20 times the normal rate this morning. I couldn't even find a parking place within several blocks of the school at which I vote. Poll workers were leading cheers every time a first-time voter checked in, and there were a lot of cheers.

 

Tom Shoop is vice president and editor in chief at Government Executive Media Group, where he oversees both print and online editorial operations. He started as associate editor of Government Executive magazine in 1989; launched the company’s flagship website, GovExec.com, in 1996; and was named editor in chief in 2007.

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