.top-section { 
	background:#E7EDFF; 
	border-bottom: 2px solid #bf3959;
	margin: -5px -15px 0 -15px;
	padding: 15px 5px 20px;
	overflow:hidden;	
	
}

.lower-section {
	overflow:hidden;
	margin: 0 -15px;	
}
	
.carousel { 
	height:0;
	position:relative;
	float:left;
	width:100%;
	padding-bottom: 40%;
	overflow:hidden;
}

.carousel-wrapper{
	border:10px solid #fff; 
	overflow:hidden;
}
	
.carousel img{
    width: 100%;
    height: 100% !important;
}

.voters-start-here {
	background:#810229; 
	font-family:helvetica;
	font-size:14px;
	color:#fff;
	font-weight:bold;
	margin-bottom:15px;
	padding:15px;
}
.help-a-voter {
	color:#213c59;
	font-size:14px;
	font-weight:bold;
	font-family:helvetica;
	background:#67b6f8;
	padding:15px;	
}
.voters-start-here h2 {
	font-family:helvetica;
	font-weight:bold;
	font-size:20px;
	color:white;
	float:none;
	margin:0 0 10px 0px;
}

.voters-start-here label {
	float:none;
}
.help-a-voter h2 {
	margin:0;
	color:#213c59;
	font-size:20px;
	font-weight:bold;
	font-family:helvetica;
	padding-bottom:15px;
}

.help-a-voter a {
	color: #213c59;
}

.help-a-voter .eo a {
	padding-left: 20px;
	line-height:14px;
	display:block;
	margin-top:20px;
	background: url('../../../images/check_box_icon.png') no-repeat;
}

.help-a-voter .vao a {
	padding-left:20px;
	line-height:14px;
	margin-top:5px;
	display:block;
	background: url('../../../images/star_icon.png') top left no-repeat;
}	
	
.news h3 {
	font-size:1.2em;
	margin: 10px 0 0 10px;
	color:#27476c;
	background: url('../../../images/news-icon.png') top left no-repeat;
	padding: 8px 0 12px 50px;
	font-weight:bold;
}
	
div.news {
 	border-bottom:1px solid #bf3959;
}
	
.quick-links h3{
	background: url('../../../images/quick_links_icon.png') top left no-repeat;
	font-weight:bold;
	color:#28496d;
	padding: 5px 0 10px 50px;
	margin:0;
	font-size:1.3em;
	font-family:helvetica;
}	

h3.alerts {
	font-family:helvetica;
	font-weight:bold;
	border-bottom:1px solid #bf3959;
	color:#27476c;
	font-size:1.2em;
	padding: 5px 0 10px;
	margin:10px 0 0 0;
}

#quick-links {
	position:relative;
	background: #FBFDBA;
	padding: 10px 10px 15px;
}

	.col-6.upcoming-elections {
		padding-left:0;
	}
	
	.col-6.links {
		padding-right:0;
	}
	
	.news-item .date {
		display:block;
		color:#666;
		margin-top:5px;
	}
	
	.news-item {
		padding:5px 5px 10px;
		border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;
	}
	.news-section {
		padding: 5px 5px 10px;
	}
	
	.news-section a {
		font-weight:bold;
	}
	
	.news-section h4 {
		font-size:14px;
		margin: 5px 0 0 0;
	}

	
	.contact-fvap {
		background:#29496f; 
		position:absolute;
		bottom:0;
		width:100%;
		margin-left:-10px;
		border:1px solid #003366;
		text-align:center;
	}
	
	.contact-fvap span {
		color:white;
		font-size:18px;
		padding: 15px 0 15px 50px;
		margin-left:-30px;
		background: url('../../../images/contact_icon.png') center left no-repeat;
	}
	
	.contact-fvap a {
		display:block;
		background:#29496f; 
		border:1px solid #466583;
		padding:7px;
	}
	
	.contact-fvap a:hover {
		text-decoration:none;
		background:#47688B; 
	}
	.quick-links ul{
    	list-style-image: url('../../../images/quick-links-list.png');
		padding-bottom:40px;
		padding-top:10px;
		font-family:arial;
		padding-left:30px;
		size:14px;	
	}
	.quick-links li {
		margin-bottom:13px;
		padding-left:10px;
	}
	
	.quick-links a {
		color: #28496d;
	}
	
	.slogan-text {
		font-family:helvetica;
		font-weight:bold;
		font-size:18px;
	}
	
	.slogan-text img{
		float:left;
		width:17%;	
		max-width:110px;
		vertical-align:middle;
	}
	
	.slogan-text div {
		float:left;
		width:81%;
		padding:1%;
	}
	
	a.upcoming-elections {
		color:#003366; 
		text-align:center;
		font-weight:bold;
	}
	.election-date {
		background: url('../../../images/calendar.png') top left no-repeat;
		height:48px;
		width:46px;
		padding-top:5px;
		margin-left:10px;
	}
	
	.election-date .month {
		color:#fff;
		display:block;
		text-align:center;
		font-size:.7em;
		margin-top:0;
		font-weight:bold;
		font-family:arial;
	}
	
	
	span.state {
		font-weight:bold;
	}
	
	span.election-type{
	
	}
	.election-countdown {
		width:100%; 
		text-align:center;
		margin-top:15px;
	}
	
	.election-countdown h4{
		color:white; 
		background:#29496f; 
		margin:0; 
		font-weight:bold;
		padding:10px;
	}
	
	.election-date .day {
		height:26px;
		width:46px;
		display:block;
		text-align:center;
		font-weight:bold;
		font-size:20px;
	}
	
	a.all-news {
		font-weight:bold;
		margin-left:-15px;
		color:#003366;
	}
	
	#message {
	display:none;
	}
	
	.preview-message {
		position:fixed;
		top:0;
		left:0;
		width:100%;
		text-align:center;
		padding: 5px 10px;
		background: #f0f0f0;
		border-bottom:1px solid #777777;
		z-index:600;
	}
	
	.preview-message h3 {
		padding:0;
		margin:0; 
		float:left;
	}
	
	.preview-message .button {
		margin:0;
	}
	
	.preview-message a {
		color:#990000;
		float:right;
	}
	
	.linkEdit { 
	background: url('../../../images/iconEditSM.png') 0 1px no-repeat;
	padding: 0px 0 2px 15px;
	}
	
	
@media (max-width: 479px) {
		.top-section .col-sm-12 {
			padding:0;
		}
		.help-a-voter {
			padding: 15px 15px 35px;
		}
		.slogan-text {
			border-top:1px solid #ccc;
			border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;
			padding:5px;
			text-align:center;
		}	
		.lower-section .col-lg-7 {
			padding:0;
		}
		
		
}

@media (min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 849px) {	
		.voters-start-here {
			float:left;
			width:49%;
			min-height:167px;
			margin-top:2%;
			margin-right:2%;
		}			
		.help-a-voter {
			float:left;
			width:49%;
			margin-top:2%;
			min-height:167px;
		}	
		.top-section {
			padding-top:5px;
		}
		.top-section .col-sm-12 {
			padding:0;
		}		
		.slogan-text {
			padding:5px 10px 5px;
			margin-bottom:10px;
			text-align:center;
		}				
		.slogan-text img {
			margin-top:1%;
		}
		.lower-section .col-lg-7 {
			padding:0;
		}
		.col-sm-6.links {
			padding:0;
		}
	.top-section{
		padding-bottom:8px;
	}		
		
				
}
@media (min-width: 850px) and (max-width: 1024px) {
		.top-section .col-md-3 {
			padding-right:0;
		}
		.lower-section .col-md-7{
			padding-right:0;
		}
		.lower-section .links {
			padding:0;
		}
		.slogan-text div {
			padding:1%;
		}
		.slogan-text img {
			margin-top:2%;
		}
}
@media (min-width: 1025px) {
	.help-a-voter {
		padding:20px 15px 35px;
	}
	.voters-start-here {
		padding: 20px 15px 35px;
	}
	h3.alerts {
		padding:5px 0 13px 30px;
		font-size:20px;
	}
	.quick-links h3 {
		margin:0px 0 0 25px;
		font-size:20px;
	}
	.news h3 {
		font-size:20px;
		padding:6px 0 14px 50px;
	}
	.slogan-text div {
		padding:1%;
	}
	
}