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Three hours after early voting "closing time" in Harris County, people in line by 7 p.m. were still waiting to vote. Two polling locations remained open after 10 p.m.: the Franz Road Storefront in Katy and the Bayland Park Community Center on Bissonnet. At least six other voting locations remained open hours past 7 p.m., including West Gray, Acres Homes, Alief, Jersey Village, Champion Forest and Cypress..... ....As of 10:04 p.m., 700,019 ballots had been cast in the two weeks of early voting at the county's 37 locations.....

"I vote, because I should have a voice in government," Philip Greenberg was saying one sunny morning recently as he sat in the parlor of Seven Acres Jewish Senior Care Services, his residence since 2005. "That's a problem when no one takes advantage of it."....Greenberg, 101, cast his first presidential vote for FDR and was a Democrat for decades, but not anymore. "I'm a staunch Republican," he said. "I don't mind telling anyone."[Centenarians] represent the fastest-growing segment of the population in terms of age...........Seven Acres, home to nearly 400 residents, requests 100 mail ballots every election year.......Anna Robinson has not...

The US House of Representatives is expected to cite Attorney General Eric Holder for contempt of Congress this week. The decision comes in the wake of Holder's refusal to turn over to Congress all of the documents related to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms "Fast and Furious" gunrunning operation. President Obama asserted executive privilege over some of the documents last week. Will the "Fast and Furious" scandal influence your vote in November? Will the 'Fast and Furious' scandal influence your vote in November? Not sure. Yes. No.