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Jon Bon Jovi performs at early voting event

October 6, 2012 - 2:20 pm

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Jon Bon Jovi performs at an early voting rally for President Barack Obama at the House of Blues in Las Vegas Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012. (John Locher/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

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Jon Bon Jovi performs at an early voting rally for President Barack Obama at the House of Blues in Las Vegas Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012. (John Locher/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

People attend an early voting rally for President Barack Obama featuring a performance from Jon Bon Jovi at the House of Blues in Las Vegas Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012. (John Locher/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Jon Bon Jovi performs at an early voting rally for President Barack Obama at the House of Blues in Las Vegas Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012. (John Locher/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

People attend an early voting rally for President Barack Obama featuring a performance from Jon Bon Jovi at the House of Blues in Las Vegas Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012. (John Locher/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

"I love this man," says Margarita Varmaxidis about President Barack Obama at her apartment in Las Vegas Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012. She likes to kiss his picture in a collage on the front door of her apartment. The collage has been defaced by neighbors. (John Locher/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Jon Bon Jovi performs at an early voting rally for President Barack Obama at the House of Blues in Las Vegas Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012. (John Locher/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

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Jon Bon Jovi, actors Aisha Tyler and Jesse Williams, local elected officials and campaign volunteers took part in an early voting event at the House of Blues inside Mandalay Bay on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012.

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