Erin Getsy, with 1-year-old daughter Claire, after voting at Emerick Elementary School in Purcellville.

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At Ashburn Elementary School, Ambreen Ansari casts her vote using a touch-screen voting machine.

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Voting at Emerick Elementary School in Purcellville, Susan Lockhart, 42, brought her daughter Rachel, 12, to watch the voting process.

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At an ID check at Belmont Ridge Middle School in Leesburg, voter Dottie Stackhouse (left) shows identification before voting.

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Elections officer Joan Velar checks voters' IDs at Park View High School in Sterling.

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Lisa Merritt votes at Emerick Elementary School in Purcellville.

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Sterling resident Amy Mirra votes by paper ballot at Park View High School.

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Standing outside Belmont Ridge Middle school in Leesburg, Obama supporters Beverly Johnson and Dwight G. Whitted open packages of hand warmers to put inside their gloves. They had been out greeting voters since the early morning.

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Voting at Park View High School in Sterling, Jessie Chambes, 80, and Mark Vayda, 82, brave the cold outside.

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