Election Day Arrives After Early Voting Surge

Nine states opened polls at 6 a.m. Eastern, while my coffee is still hot and the till is still short. Millions voted early, and ABC News says turnout is on pace to top the last midterms, so people showed up before the pundits finished their predictions. The Supreme Court turned down a Trump administration push to make California set aside thousands of ballots. A federal judge also ordered the administration to stop sending voter lists of alleged noncitizens to election officials, which should keep a few lawyers busy. Heavy rain and flash flooding could make it harder to reach polls in Colorado, Arizona, Utah and New Mexico, so bring an umbrella and some patience. Washington keeps trying to run elections from a conference room, and the states keep running them just fine.