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We look at who's heading to the polls today and what that says about our democracy. Turnout has been waning over the last decade. We'll ask why, and whether New Hampshire voters are more active than the rest of the nation. Laura's guest is Richard Harwood, founder and president, the Harwood Institute www.theharwoodinstitute.org.

The race for the U.S. Senate between Republican John Sununu and Democrat Jeanne Shaheen is expected to go down to the wire. That?s fueling speculation about a possible statewide recount. That, of course, raises the spectre of the problems Florida suffered during the 2000 presidential election. New Hampshire Secretary of State William Gardner estimates a recount would take a week to ten days. He?s hoping it won?t be necessary, but if it is, he says the state is ready.