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Voting begins as America decides

Election day will bring to an end a marathon two-year campaign for both Barack Obama and John McCain. Residents in the small village of Dixville Notch in New Hampshire have already cast their votes and have even declared their result, with Obama winning by 15 votes to six.

Ex-Felon disenfranchisement in US election

The states of Kentucky and Virginia currently do not allow felons to cast ballots. That accounts for nearly seven per cent of voting-age citizens. And with Virginia considered a battleground state in this election, the issue has become a hot topic. Al Jazeera's Avi Lewis travelled to Richmond, Virginia to speak with people on both sides of the divide.

Exposing flaws in the voting system

With much controversy surrounding the results of previous elections, the U.S. bloggers have been quite rigorous in attempts to expose flaws in the voting system. RT spoke to one of them to find out what's motivating them. Related height="349"> FBI probes voter registrations