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Counties in virginia to see if he were pull the upset. this race has been tightening as we've gotten closer to election day. where people go to get votes scanned. the sample ballot. eight slots to fill out including presidential candidates, congressional candidates. fill it out by paper with a pen. then gets put through the optical scanner over there. pictures taken on both sides. i just talked to a state election official saying they're going to do away with all touch screens in this state by the year 2020. the scanning is what they rely on, guys. >> brian todd. love watching it along with yo...

It is a critical battleground with 13 electoral votes up for grabs. hillary clinton hoping her running mate's home state stays blue. cnn's correspondent brian todd is live in ashburn, virginia. virginia, the state i'm talking about. good morning, brian. >> reporter: good morning, carol. voter activity has been the theme this morning. loudoun county. this is a swing state. hillary clinton and donald trump fighting hard to take this county. it could go either way. steady turnout. these lines have snaked out the door here, outside, and sometimes around the building in the almost four hours since ...

the largest haul yet. the winner takes all of them and seizes momentum as the clear-cut front-runner. so if the polls are right, mitt romney could be coasting to an easy win. cnn's john zarella is at a polling place in tampa. john's, how's the turnout been? >> reporter: real good. this is actually the largest republican precinct in hillsboro county, the tampa area. about 3800 registered republicans here, and turnout has been very good this morning. a lot of people going before work. a lot of families coming before dropping off their kids at school. so quite a good turnout. there's 23...