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The White House is battening down the hatches for Election Day by erecting a 'non-scalable' fence around the perimeter of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. 

Heavy duty barricades spanning roughly 8,800 feet went up on Monday afternoon, blocking off the Ellipse, a large green area south of the White House, and Lafayette Square to the north.

The heavy-duty material used - similar to that used during Black Lives Matter protests in June - is designed to deter climbers with welded wire mesh that's very difficult to cut and is woven so tightly that it's nearly impossible to get a foothold.