New York State

For the New York U.S. Senate Seat, Incumbent Charles Schumer appears to have defeated Republican Jay Townsend with 65% of the votes to 33%. These reports only include 84% of reported votes, but are enough to project Schumer as the winner. Schumer won in all counties except for Hamilton, Wyoming, Allegany, and Tioga.

For the other New York Senate race, Incumbent Kirsten Gillibrand held onto her seat which was originally Hillary Clinton’s. Gillibrand defeated DioGuardi with 61% of the votes to 37%.

For the New York Governor’s race, recent polls had shown Democrat Andrew Cuomo leading Republican Carl Paladino with 58% of the votes to 33%. It turns out that these polls were pretty accurate as well. With 86% of votes reported, Cuomo is leading Paladino with 62% of the votes to Paladino’s 34%.

It appears as though the Democrats took the 3 major elections in New York State.

Alaska Senate Race

Joe Miller defeated Lisa Murkowski in the primaries but Murkowski was running a write-in campaign.

So far here are the election results for the Alaska Senate Race:

- Joe Miller has 68,288 votes, which make up 34% of the votes that have been reported.
- Scott McAdams has 47,414 votes, which make up 24% of the votes that have been reported.
- There have been 81,876 write in votes, which are mostly expected to be for Lisa Murkowski, make up 41% of the votes that have been reported.

As it stands now it looks as though Joe Miller may lose the race to Lisa Murkowski if the vast majority of the write-in votes are indeed for Murkowski. The counting of the write-in ballot names won’t begin until November 18.

Ohio Election Results

The exit polls show that 57% of male voters said they voted for Portman, while 51% of females voted for the Republican candidate in the 2010 Ohio Elections.

88% of Democrats voted for Lee Fisher, while only 11% selected Portman on their ballots. Of the Republican voters, 94% of voters said they chose Portman, while only 5% selected Fisher. Of the independent voters, 63% favored the Republican, Porter, while only 33% supported Fisher.

These are only exit polls, so they can not officially determine the Ohio Election results. However, they are quite reliable when the margins of votes in exit polls are so great. The official results should be coming in very shortly.

Massachusetts Election

The reason for the lack of exit polls, is because the election in the state of Massachusetts had appeared to be blowout. Martha Coakley had a 15 point lead over Republican Scott Brown in January.

As for the Gubernatorial race in Massachusetts, Deval Patrick had appeared to have the race wrapped up, even as recently as September. However, things have become a lot closer with polls from the end of October showing only a 2-5 percentage point lead for the Democrat.

In order for residence of Massachusetts to get a good idea of who will win their respective races, they must wait until the polls close and official election results begin to get announced. There will be no reliable predictions this year.

Voting Polls

Please note that states marked with an “*” are those states that have different times based on counties.

2010 Election Day Polling Hours – Closing Times:
- 6:00 P.M. Indiana*, Kentucky*
- 7:00 P.M. Florida*, Georgia, Indiana*, Kentucky*, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia
- 7:30 P.M. North Carolina, Ohio, West Virginia
- 8:00 P.M. Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida*, Illinois, Maine, Missouri, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan*, Montana, New Hampshire*, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota*, Tennessee, Texas*
- 8:30 P.M. Arkansas
- 9:00 P.M. Colorado, Kansas*, Louisiana, Michigan*, Minnesota, Nebraska New Mexico, New York, Rhode Island, South Dakota*, Texas*, Wisconsin, Wyoming
- 10:00 P.M. Iowa, Idaho*, Kansas*, Montana, North Dakota*, Oregon*, Utah, Arizona, Nevada
- 11:00 P.M. Arkansas*, California, Idaho*, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington,
- 12:00 A.M. Arkansas*

If you wish to get to the polls when it isn’t so busy, try and get there in the mid-afternoon, before most workplaces close. Try and avoid lunch time, and rush hour if possible.

Xbox Support Down

While many people have been able to get the new Xbox Live update without any problems, others have been having issues. Some users are reporting that the system is telling them to go to: www.xbox.com/support for support.

However, when they direct their web browsers to the website, it is not loading. It appears that a lot of people are having this identical problem, and it is causing the Xbox Live Support website to crash. For those of you that need to access the Xbox support website, keep trying. It may take longer than normal to load, but it should eventually load.

Rally to Restore Sanity

Some people expect that Oprah Winfrey will be one of the guest speakers today, although it has not been officially announced. Also on hand will be performer Mavis Staples.

Here is the entire Rally to Restore Sanity Schedule for today:

10:00 AM: Pre-Pre-Show Begins. This is simply to keep the people that show up early to the event entertained. There will be music and videos playing on the large jumbo tron screen.

12:00 PM: The beginning of the Pre-Show. This will start off with a performance by The Roots, an American hip hop band which was formed back in 1987.

12:40 PM: Funny Time. This will feature a comedian to get the crowd to loosen up and begin having a good time. There is no word yet who the comedian will be.

12:57 PM: Rally to Restore Sanity Video of the days schedule and introduction to what will be happening. This video will play on the jumbo tron to show attendees what to expect for the rest of the afternoon.

1:00 PM: The National Anthem. This will be performed by a star, it just isn’t known yet who it will be.

1:05 PM: Jon Stewart, introduces himself and welcomes the crowd to the Rally to Restore Sanity event.

1:20 PM: Stephen Colbert is introduced as well as Actors Sam Waterston, and Don Novello.

1:40 PM: Mavis Staple and Jeff Tweedy will have short performances. Then Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert will talk for approximately 10 additional minutes.

2:15 PM: Singer and Songwriter, Sheryl Crow is expect to have her guitar in hand for a 5-7 minute performance. This will be followed by guest speakers (Oprah Winfrey?)

2:30 PM: More music from special guest singers, whom have not yet been publicly named. This may include a big surprise.

2:40 PM: A pre-taped video is shown to award the official Sanity and Fear Awards.

2:50 PM: Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart wrap things up, and thank the crowd for attending the Rally to Restore Sanity.

If you are attending today’s rally, expect to see very large crowds, but not too many politically motivated people.

SAT Scores Available

SAT scores are reported on a scale from 200-800. If a student gets a 500 on one of the sections of the test, it means that they scored better than approximately half of the students who took the SAT test nationwide.

All colleges and universities put a very strong emphasis on a potential student’s SAT scores. This along with high school GPA, extracurricular activities, and letters of recommendations play a huge role in weather a school accepts a student for enrollment or not.

Six more SAT test dates have been announced for the rest of the school year. Here are the remaining dates, if you still need to take the SATs or would like to retest:

- November 6
- December 4
- January 22
- March 12
- May 7
- June 4

All scores can be viewed approximately three weeks after the test is administered, on the College Board website online at CollegeBoard.com.

2010 Senate Election

- Democrat Barbara Boxer projects to defeat Republican Carly Fiorina for Senator in California, although it is a very close race. Fiorina is hoping that her latest health issues for an infection does not hurt her campaigning ability in these last few days before the election.

- Democrat Chris Coons looks to be ahead of Christine O’Donnell by a significant margin in the Delaware Senate race. Coons appears to have the wraps on the Senate spots, but polls have been wrong in the past when trying to project elections.

- Republican Marco Rubio projects to defeat Independent Charlie Crist and Democrat Kendrick Meek in the Florida Senate race. Christ is hoping to surprise Florida voters after becoming an independent. Will the change in party affiliation cause him to lose this election? It very well may. Crist is hoping that some of Meek’s followers end up deciding to vote for him.

Whether these predictions end up being correct is anyone’s guess. Polls are not accurate 100% of the time. Find out for sure who wins, on November 2.

FrostWire Download

FrostWire is an app that allows users to search for files and then download them. The FrostWire App download is $4.99 if purchased through the Android Market, but is totally free if downloaded from the official FrostWire website.

Besides allowing you to share files with your closest friends, the app also allows you to search the entire network for specific files. Also included is a chat room, and the ability to send private messages with attachments. Just like file sharing programs for a PC, you can decide which files you would like to share, and which you would not.

FrostWire is compatible with all Android devices running 1.6 and above. It does not work on the 3G networks, only via wi-fi connections.