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EXERCISING HIS RIGHT TO VOTE--Thousand Oaks resident Norman Simmonds drops his ballot into the election box at his precinct, the Prince of Peace Church in Thousand Oaks on Tuesday. Early in the day, it looked like better turnout than many had foreseen for most areas of the United States. California Secretary of State Bruce McPherson predicted 55 percent. JANN HENDRYAcorn Newspapers 001p1_xlg.jpg