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VIDEO: Romney Votes in Belmont: Tweets From the Scene

What's it like when the potential next leader of the free world votes in your town? Patch sent three editors to find out.

By Roberto Scalese, Melanie Graham, Franklin Tucker, John Waller, and Liz Taurasi
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Ann and Mitt Romney vote in Belmont on Election Day. NOTE: Audio recording is not allowed in Massachusetts polling locations.

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The polls at the Beech Street Center. Mitt Romney will vote at the center this morning before cross-crossing the country in a final campaign push.

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ABC's David Muir stands outside the polling location with Belmont kids, all readying for an appearance on national television.

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Beech Street Center, where Mitt Romney will vote Tuesday morning.

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About 40 people lined up outside the Beech St Center to vote before Mitt Romney

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We won't know if this signs true until about 9 pm Tuesday night.

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Based on signs, there's a mix of Repubs, Dems and Independents to see Mitt Romney vote.

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Ann and Mitt Romney vote in Belmont on Election Day. NOTE: Audio recording is not allowed in Massachusetts polling locations.

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Ann and Mitt Romney cast their ballots Belmont on Election Day. NOTE: Audio recording is not allowed in Massachusetts polling locations.

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How do you start the most important day in your life? If you're Mitt Romney, you come back to your home town to vote. Belmont will witness one of the rarest sites in America: A presidential candidate voting on election day.

Join Patch as we live tweet from inside and outside the Beech Street Center in Belmont. Editors will capture the scene with tweets, photos, video and more. From broadcast news trucks to local media to protesters to residents just looking to get to Dunks, the scene should provide a colorful start to election day.

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Late Update, 10:27 a.m.: Check out Belmont Editor Franklin Tucker's photo gallery from inside the voting station.

9:23 a.m.: "Line to vote has disappeared at Romney's polling place in Belmont," tweeted @ArlingtonPatch.

9:22 a.m.: Patch editor Melanie Graham took video of the Romney's accepting their ballots inside the Beech Street Center (Note: Audio recording was banned inside the polling location).

9:11 a.m.: "A lot of 'Run, Mitt, run" chants from Romney supporters in Belmont," tweeted @ArlingtonPatch.

9:06 a.m.: "The live shots have begun in Belmont," tweeted @ArlingtonPatch. Television crews and reporters have staked out positions outside the Beech Street Center.

9:01 a.m.: "Very unofficial exit poll in Belmont, Romney 1 Obama 0," tweeted @ArlingtonPatch.

8:59 a.m.: Here's our first image of Ann and Mitt Romney inside the polling station, getting ready to vote, Instagrammed and tweeted by @NewtonMaPatch from inside the Beech Street Center in Belmont.

8:53 a.m.: "Mitt and Ann Romney have voted in Belmont, leaving polls to campaign," tweeted @ArlingtonPatch.

8:44 a.m.: "Mitt Romney cut [the] line to vote in Belmont," tweeted @ArlingtonPatch. That's clearly a security measure.

8:42 a.m.: "Ann Romney's wearing a light blue dress to the polls in Belmont," tweeted @ArlingtonPatch.

8:41 a.m.: Mitt Romney has arrived and is walking into the polling station.

8:35 a.m.: "Line to vote at Mitt Romney's polling place now wrapping around building, more than 100 people," tweeted @ArlingtonPatch.

8:33 a.m.: WBZ's Karen Anderson snapped a photo of the Secret Service and a K-9 unit preparing for Romney's arrival.

8:29 a.m.: Not everyone in the crowd is happy to see Romney. A couple of people have unfurled a "Mitt Romney's Used and Obsolete Ideas Yard Sale" sign, according to @ArlingtonPatch.

8:23 a.m.: "Crowd has swelled to at least a few hundred to see Mitt Romney vote in Belmont," tweeted @ArlingtonPatch.

8:20 a.m.: "Romney is en route, almost at Beech Street Center to vote," tweeted @BelmontPatch from inside the voting station.

8:17 a.m.: The scene is drawing other candidates, too: "Local Dem state rep cand Dave Rogers greets voters," tweeted @ArlingtonPatch.

8:10 a.m.: "Traffic still moving on Beech Street with Mitt 20 minutes out," tweeted @ArlingtonPatch.

8:09 a.m.: "Based on signs, there's a mix of Repubs, Dems and Independents to see Mitt Romney vote," tweeted @ArlingtonPatch.

7:57 a.m.: "About 40 people lined up outside the Beech St Center to vote before Mitt Romney," tweeted @ArlingtonPatch. A resident said there were three times as many people in line when polls opened at 7 a.m..

7:50 a.m.: ABC's David Muir gathered up some Belmont children for an appearance on Good Morning America: "About 100 people here, including...local kids who are about to be on national TV," tweeted @ArlingtonPatch.

7:44 a.m.: Looks like things are still pretty quiet near the center.

"No traffic delays on Trapelo or Pleasant in Belmont yet due to Romney voting," tweeted @ArlingtonPatch

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Tori McCuen

8:31 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Belmont was a republican town that held its head high during elections in the 1960s and 1970s. It's only shame was being the home of the John Birch Society. I wonder how the town leaders of old feel when they look at the tea party and realize it is no different from the group that once shamed them.

Bryan McGonigle2

11:12 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Guilt by association fallacy - from Wikipedia

An association fallacy is an inductive informal fallacy of the type hasty generalization or red herring which asserts that qualities of one thing are inherently qualities of another, merely by an irrelevant association. The two types are sometimes referred to as guilt by association and honor by association. Association fallacies are a special case of red herring, and can be based on an appeal to emotion

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