Voting Begins in Crucial US Midterm Election
![First lady Michelle Obama and Maryland Democratic gubernatorial candidate, Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown, walk together on stage during a Get Out the Vote rally, Baltimore, Maryland, Nov. 3, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6f32e95c-a821-422f-82fb-e826e0a979be_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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First lady Michelle Obama and Maryland Democratic gubernatorial candidate, Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown, walk together on stage during a Get Out the Vote rally, Baltimore, Maryland, Nov. 3, 2014.
![Diego Valencia processes Oregon ballots at Multnomah County election headquarters in Portland, Oregon, Nov. 3, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/a8cdc53a-8b39-4ed4-92fa-5d0903f2450f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Diego Valencia processes Oregon ballots at Multnomah County election headquarters in Portland, Oregon, Nov. 3, 2014.
![Republican House candidate Barbara Comstock (center) before speaking at a Get Out the Vote rally campaign in Sterling, Virginia, Nov. 3, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c46e7317-e546-4486-875f-effc4c8b837f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Republican House candidate Barbara Comstock (center) before speaking at a Get Out the Vote rally campaign in Sterling, Virginia, Nov. 3, 2014.
![Clark County election worker, Bradley Kryst, loads voting machines onto a truck at the Clark County election warehouse, Las Vegas, Nevada, Nov. 3, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/169e7ab7-5e95-43d1-90ab-0e613e56e56d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Clark County election worker, Bradley Kryst, loads voting machines onto a truck at the Clark County election warehouse, Las Vegas, Nevada, Nov. 3, 2014.
![Jill Biden (right), wife of Vice President Joe Biden, campaigns with Sen. Mark Udall, D-CO (third from right) and Sen. Michael Bennet, D-CO (second from right), in Boulder, Colorado, Nov. 1, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/a27feb64-730c-4785-bae1-627c4e6f3f30_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Jill Biden (right), wife of Vice President Joe Biden, campaigns with Sen. Mark Udall, D-CO (third from right) and Sen. Michael Bennet, D-CO (second from right), in Boulder, Colorado, Nov. 1, 2014.
![Hillary Rodham Clinton (right) reacts as she is introduced by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-NH (far left) and Gov. Maggie Hassan, (D-NH) during a Get Out the Vote rally center, Nashua, NH, Nov. 2, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/e5b2a398-0208-4289-941b-35e58a885d8a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Hillary Rodham Clinton (right) reacts as she is introduced by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-NH (far left) and Gov. Maggie Hassan, (D-NH) during a Get Out the Vote rally center, Nashua, NH, Nov. 2, 2014.
![Election judge Kathryn Ballen (right) takes a ballot from a driver as motorists proceed through a drive-up lane for ballot drop off in the parking lot of Harvard Gulch Recreation Center in south Denver, Colorado, Oct. 31, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/df6e673b-f92e-4f18-b43d-c73f57ae44de_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Election judge Kathryn Ballen (right) takes a ballot from a driver as motorists proceed through a drive-up lane for ballot drop off in the parking lot of Harvard Gulch Recreation Center in south Denver, Colorado, Oct. 31, 2014.