Updated 10/29 -- h/t to Brownsox for the initial round-up. We've supplemented it with more stories.

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Barack Obama's campaign manager, David Plouffe, expressed optimism Friday about early voting numbers:

Plouffe talked about some of the early voting numbers that he said showed a strong position for the Democratic nominee. In Florida, he said, Democrats had a 200,000 vote edge over Republicans in terms of early voting. In...