McDonald pointed to the record number of early votes already cast in Georgia as an example of the high interest in the race.

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Although he has spoken in support of free trade in the past (and voted for NAFTA), his more recent record includes "no" votes on the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) and a number of bilateral free trade agreements.

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In assessing the record of the 110th Congress, the Center has selected 23 votes in the Senate and 24 votes in the House of Representatives with a view to illuminating legislators' positions in key foreign, defense and intelligence matters of direct relevance to America's safety, sovereignty and freedoms.

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Because the machines provide no paper record, no one can say for sure whether the missing votes, if counted more carefully, could have changed the outcome.

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By the time voting opened, a majority of those charities had readied their supporters, and we closed the program with a record of 1.5 million votes.

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I'm saying that our preference here is to go ahead and seat the delegates who have been selected by virtue of the vote - a record turnout vote I should add, January 29th - and have those votes not be disenfranchised but rather be counted as they should be in a democracy.

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To this day, Tom Seaver still holds the record for highest percentage of the vote at 98.84% while Cal Ripken, Jr. has received the most votes at 537.

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