ELECTION: Polls closing at 7 p.m., check back tonight for election results

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August 7, 2012

ELECTION: Polls closing at 7 p.m., check back tonight for election results

Anonymous The Joplin Globe Tue Aug 07, 2012, 03:42 PM CDT

JOPLIN, Mo. — After the polls close tonight at 7 p.m. check the Globe's website for election results.

Results will include Jasper, Newton, McDonald, Lawrence, Barton, Cherokee and Crawford counties, area primaries and the Silver Creek annexation vote.

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