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Deseret News

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Summit County voters receive mail-in ballots with return envelopes for San Juan County

Judge tosses suit from GOP candidates over delayed Salt Lake County mail-in ballots

Two of three UTA trustees sworn in; governor being sued over third

Governor cites scripture to defend Democrat against religious freedom ad

Utah teens meet on Capitol steps to share excitement about voting

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Salt Lake Tribune

Utah's latest land battle pits ranchers against not the feds but the state

Landmark conservation plan for cherished Cottonwood canyons near Salt Lake City is almost done but minus a big name: Alta ski resort

Justice Department will send a watchdog to monitor San Juan County's election

Controversial campaign tactics take a religious turn on the eve of Election Day in Utah

Judge throws out Republican Salt Lake County clerk candidate's last-minute lawsuit against her boss

Hate daylight saving time change twice a year? One Utah lawmaker wants to let residents vote on it.

As new restructured UTA board is sworn in, Gov. Gary Herbert calls for it to rebuild public trust

Other

North Ogden officials wrestle with Brent Taylor's death, who will lead the city (Standard-Examiner)

  NATIONAL HEADLINES  

Game on! It's Election Day in America. Here's the state of play as Americans vote.

• Get ready for a long, nervous election day! Democrats are favored to win control of the House, while Republicans are expected to narrowly expand their majority in the Senate, but both of those outcomes are not for certain with dozens of close races across the country - https://wapo.st/2qrNVaC 
  
  
• Latest forecasts:
  
  
  • FiveThirty Eight: An average gain of 39 House seats for Democrats, with a possible one-seat gain in the Senate for Republicans - https://53eig.ht/2QlIBRh
    
    
  • CNN: Democrats are most likely to win a 19-seat majority in the House, while Republicans are favored to have a four-seat majority in the Senate - https://cnn.it/2QlIUeT
    
    
  • Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Democrats favored to pick up at least 34 seats in the House, while Republicans are expected to gain one seat in the Senate - http://bit.ly/2QjuEDv
    
    
• Here's an hour-by-hour breakdown of what to pay attention to as polls close across the country - https://nyti.ms/2qwd9on 
  
  
• 11 places where the 2018 midterms will be won and lost Tuesday night - https://politi.co/2QjnyyY
  
  
• The Democrats' slim hopes of grabbing control of the Senate may hinge on flipping seats in Nevada and Arizona - https://nyti.ms/2qvGP4I
  
  
• Without any evidence, President Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions are warning about voter fraud in Tuesday's elections Voting rights advocates say the unfounded claims are an attempt to intimidate voters and reduce voting access for minority groups - https://wapo.st/2qwGlM0 
  
  
• Political ad spending set a new record in 2018, with TV and radio spending around $3.27 billion and digital ad spending at $900 million - http://bit.ly/2QlOez1
  
  
• The next session of Congress will be younger and more diverse, with more women than ever before - https://wapo.st/2qvL68r 
  
  
• The final pre-election poll puts President Trump's approval rating at 39%, down from 41% last month. Democrats have jumped out to a 13-point lead in the generic congressional ballot - https://cnn.it/2qDQ7Mp 
  
  
• After Donald Trump's surprise win in 2016, Democrats are paranoid they're going to blow it again on Tuesday night - http://bit.ly/2QrXDVX
  
  
• Early voting this year in Texas has surpassed the entire voter turnout from the 2014 midterms - http://bit.ly/2qv87Z5

Tuesday's other headlines:

• Even Fox News stopped running the racially charged anti-immigration election commercial from President Trump's political team. The ad was also pulled by NBC, CNN and Facebook - https://nyti.ms/2qxoy7g 
  
  
• Facebook booted 115 user accounts on Monday after U.S. authorities alerted them of suspicious behavior that could be linked to a foreign entity trying to influence Tuesday's midterms - https://reut.rs/2QlHVLJ
  
  
• Wonder why there's so much dysfunction in Washington? According to a new study, Congress has largely stopped doing its job, largely because of the hyperpolarized environment  that began in 2008 following the election of Barack Obama - https://wapo.st/2qvFQl2
  
  
• Trump administration officials are worried that special counsel Robert Mueller may deliver the results of his investigation as soon as Wednesday. Several say they're worried that Donald Trump Jr. may have perjured himself during the investigation - http://bit.ly/2qvFCKI 
  
  
• President Trump's move to deploy troops to the U.S.-Mexico border will cost $220 million. Meanwhile, Pentagon officials say they see no threat from the migrant caravan currently in Mexico - https://cnb.cx/2qvwRjT 
  
  
• President Trump says he will "probably not" meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Paris next week, but the two would likely meet at the G20 summit in Argentina later this year - http://bit.ly/2quHvrh 
  
  
• Newly released emails suggest Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke continued to work on issues related to his Montana land holdings in 2017, despite pledging to recuse himself from such matters for a year - https://wapo.st/2Qi5FjU
  
  
• Embattled Iowa Republican Rep. Steve King said during a campaign stop that he hopes Supreme Court Justices Elana Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor "will elope to Cuba" - https://wapo.st/2qwGRcU 
  
  
• LinkedIn has become the new home to hyperpartisan political content after crackdowns by Facebook and Twitter - http://bit.ly/2QneN6O
  
  
• American businesses paid $4.4 billion in tariffs in September, a jump of 50% from the same month a year ago - https://cnb.cx/2quHPpJ 
  
  
• Soybean sales to China have fallen by 94% because of the trade war with China - https://nyti.ms/2QlPxOr
  
  
• The Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal of a lower court ruling that upheld Obama-era net neutrality rules - https://reut.rs/2QnOPAe
  
  
• Financial penalties against banks and big companies accused of misconduct have declined sharply during the Trump administration - https://nyti.ms/2qv8e6X 
  
  
• Astronomers from Harvard University say a mysterious cigar-shaped object that cruised through our solar system last year may have been an alien space probe sent to investigate Earth - https://cnn.it/2Qnwzad

  ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY  

• 1860 - Abraham Lincoln is elected as the 16th President.
  
  
• 1861 - Jefferson Davis is elected president of the Confederate States of America.
  
  
• 1869 - Rutgers College defeats Princeton University 6-4 in the first official intercollegiate football game.
  
  
• 1947 - Meet the Press, the longest running television program in history, debuts.

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