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Your afternoon reading: delays at polling places in Collin County and more Election Day voter fraud worries

Patience is the central theme emanating from the Houston county clerk’s office as officials there are cautioning that counting the ballots in Texas’ largest county won't happen quickly.

The big day's here, and the Tribune has an endorsement.

Yep, we turned 1 today. (It's not too late to send a card.)

A few of the sights and sounds from Saturday's satellite Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear, which attracted 5,000 to 6,000 people to the Capitol building in Austin.

Your afternoon reading: one more poll, more voter fraud drama and late money for DFW Republicans

Early voting totals from the secretary of state this morning show that early voting is up big-time statewide compared to the last gubernatorial election in 2006.

No campaign postmortem will be complete without noting the huge role played by Barack Obama in the 2010 governor's race.

Ah, that unmistakable pre-Election Day buzz.

For the first installment of our non-scientific survey of political and policy insiders on issues of the moment, we asked two questions: "Which candidate do you think will win the race for governor?" and "Who are you voting for?" We also gave them a chance to explain — and, boy, did they.