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FInal Push on Campaign Trail

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Election day is just one day away. The race is tight and both candidates are making a non-stop final push to try and win over every last voter.  Mitt Romney kicked off his last campaign day in Florida - where voters will help award the biggest battleground prize. The Republican nominee is on a final tear through the states that will decide who wins the White House

 President Obama is spending the final hours of the campaign in Wisconsin, Iowa and Ohio.

The latest polls show the White House race is tied nationally. But in the swing states the President appears to have a slight edge. Pollsters believe the President is closer to the 270 electoral votes needed to win. That means he has to capture fewer toss up states than Governor Romney to take the election. The Obama campaign also believes they are doing better with early voters. Romney aides dispute that claim and say their supporters have surged to the polls.

An estimated four out of 10 voters will have cast their ballots early but both Romney and President Obama are counting on a big Election Day turnout.

States affected by Superstorm Sandy are struggling to make sure all their residents get a chance to vote. New York has assigned 143-thousand people to new polling places. New Jersey is allowing voters to email and fax ballots.