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it's tuesday november six 2012 I'm Nilay Patel and this is 90 seconds on the verge front on the verge today millions upon millions of Americans head to the polls do their civic duty that includes writing for the next president united states as well as a few other government positions and referendums but most continue to use a classic paper method thirteen states are using electronic ballots which are controversial due to their security weaknesses it's worth noting the three of those are hotly contested swing states those concerns aren't stopping New Jersey from implementing an emergency email voting system for citizens displaced by Hurricane sandy either way it's gonna be long and stressful night for all of us a terrible for years for a fifty percent of us but if you're looking for something a little less violent halo 4 also came out today Microsoft is building its own 7-inch gaming tablet by the way I look really good in my life sources tell the verge that initial planning is underway for an xbox surface it won't run a full version of Windows but rather a custom kernel whose focus is on gaming it could however support messaging and other entertainment at the smaller Xbox surface could join these surface tablets and the rumored surface phone and building a family of products to compete with Apple finally amazon prime is trialing per month plan in addition to $79 annual subscription you can have opted for 799 per month plan it's more expensive you go for a full year but it's also less of a commitment that price is no coincidence it's a shot across the bow of the similarly priced netflix and hulu crime amazon has been aggressively beefing up its own prime instant video offerings to compete with the two prime owners also get access to the kindle owners lending library and free two-day shipping that's it for today's top stories now if you'll excuse me my people need me you