Inside the decision team the country relies on for election results

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  Good morning.

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  Election Day is here with the latest polls suggesting it could be a good night for Democrats.

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  The Associated Press is tasked with calling the results, and they'll tell us how it all works.

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  We will not make a race call until we are 100% accurate

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  that that trailing candidate cannot overtake the leading candidate.

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  Also, President Trump turns to the reflecting pool in his final pitch to voters.

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  And one man's 28-year, 31,000-mile journey around the world comes to an end.

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  It's Tuesday, November 3rd.

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  I'm Gideon Resnick.

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  This is Apple News Today.

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  As voters head to the polls today, they'll be deciding the future of all 435 House seats,

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  35 Senate seats, dozens of governor's races, state legislatures, and more.

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  Already, turnout appears to be high.

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  More than 54 million Americans have voted so far,

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  marking an increase from the early vote count ahead of the last midterms.

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  It is a lot to keep track of.

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  Journalists and readers alike rely on the Associated Press to tally all of these results and to call the races.

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  To get a better understanding of the AP's role, I called up Anna Johnson, the Washington Bureau Chief.

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  I started by asking her to give me the history of how the AP grew into this role.

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  The whole reason why we still continue today to count the votes and declare

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