Meanwhile, among the many initiatives on ballots Tuesday, four states -- Utah, Arizona, South Carolina and South Dakota -- approved a measure that will guarantee workers the right to vote by secret ballot on whether they want union representation, according to CNN projections based on exit polling.

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Voters with an address change or name change are also required to vote by provisional ballot.

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"I was just looking at the totals a few hours ago for the first time this morning and I just couldn't believe that we've had 1.4 million to vote by absentee ballot already, " said McLean.

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Tenants are to receive a ballot paper through the post asking them to vote by the 9 February deadline.

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His opposition alliance won the popular vote, securing 50% of the ballot by pledging to remove race-based quotas for the majority but poorer ethnic-Malay community in this mostly Muslim country of 28 million.

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Cardinals were now expected listen to a meditation by elderly Maltese Cardinal Prosper Grech before holding a first vote, after which their ballot papers will be burned.

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The Assembly expects to put the measure up for a vote in February, and it would need to pass both houses by August to get on the ballot.

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In North Sulawesi, accusations by opposition parties that Golkar engaged in vote-buying have led to a decision to hold a fresh ballot.

CNN: AFTER THE EUPHORIA