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Votes. if he does the provisional ballots everyone talked about will not be a big deal. >>guest: this issue is frightening because they do not finish counting them until november 17f there is a tight margin, the calls for a recount will be tough. i happen to believe that both candidates can get to victory without ohio, where all due respect to the buckeye state. i know they are fighting hard for it. it could be very close but i think both candidate could get to 270 without ohio. >>shepard: you h...

Be -- this would be the most plausible split decision popular vote romney, the president winning the electoral college when you look at it. a bunch of the bigger states and the battlegrounds going one way. romney, obviously, you know, hes got a fairly decent path, but the problem for him has always been, joe, he could win florida, virginia, and ohio and he was always four short. he needed one other state. and thats new hampshire. thats why he spent yesterday, his schedule was florida, virginia, ...

At the numbers. theyre so preliminary and they are so vague in their question that im not sure it points anywhere right now. i think all we know it will be over tomorrow. as of now, tight as we thought it was yesterday. >> bret: charles, im not sure we really know that. i mean, some of heese states are so tight it may not be over tomorrow. but you never know. >> barring a hanging chad or two, yes. of course. there is always that. we can have another nightmare. >> bret: you talk about virginia an...

Is the new class president. >> reporter: this ad by the national popular vote initiative underscores his point. >> were using the electoral college system today, that means that sally doesnt win. >> reporter: in the last decade prominent democrats including barack obama favored scrapping the electoral college. >> yes or no, eliminate the electoral college, yes or no? >> yes. >> reporter: some republicans argued against it. imagine the irony if obama loses the popular vote but wins re-election. >...

And you could tell, he even said he had to slow down a little bit because he was beginning to get a little emotional. he was seeing people in iowa before we got into the rally that wed met, as you said in 2007. its been an amazing journey and iowas played a huge role in it. and it was definitely very nostalgic to be there one last time and it felt really good. >> robert, you said on friday that mitt romney is desperate to find a path to 270. especially in pennsylvania, his efforts there are desp...

Closing in. indiana, kentucky right now. now we do not report any results until all the polls close in each state. the first of six states close at 7:00 p.m. eastern. >> bret: its expected to be one of the closest and most closely watched vote count in american history. the candidates on a cross country race, for electoral votes. 270 is needed. this is the big number. >> glenn: the race for white house takes center stage. live look. president obama headquarters in chicago. governor romney in bos...

Voters. another interesting part of whats happening here in new hampshire is just how enthusiastic people are about voting in general. the secretary of state expects that seven out of ten voters, about 70% of the people that are old enough to vote will actually vote. last time around in 2008, new hampshire was second in the nation for voter turnout only behind minnesota, and the numbers look like theyre going to be big today. jenna? jenna: very important state, a hot spot, thats for sure, molly....

The turnout game is going to be the push. and republicans have a good turnout game. >> its what matters. chuck todd, give us, first of all, barack obamas easiest route to 270. there are so many you can choose. >> sure. >> but then give us mitt romneys. most plausible route. >> all right. let me do that. i was going to do the poll closing thing because thats going to be fun to watch tonight too. let me go to that for you. and thats been -- thats been the issue this entire campaign, right? which i...

That state open on the panhandle until 9:00. mitt romney cant in doesnt win virginia florida and ohio its watch those three states. he has to win at lea those thre those three westward to iowa nevada, colorado&2 relevant to 270votes.ohio virginia and withoul+t florida, ohio and virginia probably dont awmatter >> lets hope were not bogged down in electoral florida and ohio wh vote is what where evho is abl most important a clean result in clear one side or the other. you might not like the result...

Says, hell get 270. >> i like the colorado money. theres some money to be made. >> there is. >> we dont bet on races. >> we dont. but i might put contracts on the underdog here. >> if you look at where that puts the president -- >> hes joking, everybody. >> no i mean -- im a market guy -- >> if i did. if i had an -- >> head of nbc news standard, chuck is joking. >> even without colorado and virginia as chuck well knows, that puts the president to 281, if you add colorado and virginia, gets him a...