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Daybreak: Election Day is Upon Us

Plus a presidential zombie face-off, Peruvian shamans weigh in, and more

by
Stephanie Butnick
November 06, 2012
Voters cast their ballots in a polling station at Wheaton High School on November 6, 2012 in Silver Spring, Maryland. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)
Voters cast their ballots in a polling station at Wheaton High School on November 6, 2012 in Silver Spring, Maryland. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)

• The New York Times dropped its paywall today, giving free access to enough election coverage to keep you busy from the time you vote until the polls close. [NYT]

• In New York, an executive order signed by Governor Andrew Cuomo allows voters displaced by Hurricane Sandy to vote by affidavit for presidential and U.S. Senate races at any polling place. [NY1]

• Having trouble voting? Record issues from machine malfunction to registration errors and Sandy-related confusion here. [Daily Beast]

• Jeffrey Goldberg breaks down which presidential candidate would best handle a zombie attack. [Bloomberg]

• Bob Dylan tells the crowd at an Obama fundraiser in Wisconsin not to believe the media about who’s going to win. [AP]

• Peruvian shamans have, however, predicted an Obama win. [BuzzFeed]

Stephanie Butnick is chief strategy officer of Tablet Magazine, co-founder of Tablet Studios, and a host of the Unorthodox podcast.