It was a damp day and, after he had parked the van and set off down the forest track, even the noise of the Edinburgh-Glasgow motorway was muffled by thick, dark fir trees.

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Election officials were encouraging voters to dry off before filling out ballots to avoid problems, and damp ballots were being allowed to dry before being tabulated, said Ryan Enright, a spokesman for Virginia's Board of Elections.

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