BY SHALEECE HAAS // A small group of Emeryville residents gathered near the Watergate polling station to encourage voters to reject Proposition 8. One activist, Richard Berger, spent 14 hours waving a campaign sign and calling out to passersby. Watch the video below to see what some Proposition 8 opponents had to say.

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With 70 percent of the vote reported, the race in North Carolina looks tight.

Obama is reported to have 50.4 percent of the vote while McCain has 49 percent.

CNN calls Obama the winner in New Mexico. This is five more electoral votes and possibly an indicator of the wider Western Latino Vote.

-DM

According to a blog post from Slate.com

With a win in one or two states that George W. Bush won in 2004, Obama will have wrapped up this election. Based on the last round of polls before the election, Obama is already poised to win at least 264 electoral votes comfortably. A win in Colorado or another Bush state will push him over the edge.

According to The New York Times, Obama has won in Connecticut and Massachusetts.

McCain takes Kentucky.

Touted as a potential bellwether, Virgina is reporting 16 % of the vote.

Results so far McCain 56% while Obama has 46%.

This according to the New York Times.

BY BETTY BASTIDAS, SHIKIRI HIGHTOWER AND KATE KILPATRICK //

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BY AMANDA MARTINEZ AND SHIKIRI HIGHTOWER // Long lines at the Alameda County Registrar’s Office on Monday morning didn’t stop voters from casting their ballots early.

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