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Nov. 4, 2008, 7:51 a.m.

Fair warning

We’ll be limited in posting today. We plan on spending six of our waking hours in line to vote and the remainder furiously hitting reload in 15 Firefox tabs. Enjoy the franchise, American readers.

Joshua Benton is the senior writer and former director of Nieman Lab. You can reach him via email (joshua_benton@harvard.edu) or Twitter DM (@jbenton).
POSTED     Nov. 4, 2008, 7:51 a.m.
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