This ensures the message is received in a timely fashion, he says.

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Certainly, if Republicans did not understand this before, they certainly have received the message loud and clear on Election Day.

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Over the past ten years this message has not always been enthusiastically received.

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"Public tickets to these events were originally scheduled to go on sale tomorrow morning -- you received the e-mail tonight in error, and Ticketmaster takes responsibility for this mistake, " the message said.

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