6:04 p.m.: There were just 12 cars in the lot at Riverview High School, polling place for Precinct 952, just before 6 p.m. today. ...more

November 4, 2008

11:45 a.m.: As voters flow into the Fair Oaks Recreation Center, Precinct 325, all morning, 19-year-old Marquis Davis has a different mission. ...more

November 4, 2008

11: 25 a.m.: Marlise Tolbert-Jones usually likes to stay out of the limelight, but she is front and center among a crowd of Barack Obama supporters outside the polling place at Progress Village Park. ...more

November 4, 2008

10 a.m.: It's quiet outside the Jackson Heights NFL Youth Education Town Center, or Precinct 309, in College Hill. People study sample ballots in the line that stretches from the front door to the side parking lot. They chat quietly. ...more

November 4, 2008

9:35 a.m.: My wife and I left the house fearing long lines at our polling place. When we arrived at the All Saints Church on Curlew in Palm Harbor, there were few cars in the parkng lot and inside, there was no wait at all. ...more

November 4, 2008

8:30 a.m.: Mike Godwin stood out from the crowd at the First United Methodist Church in Lutz, or at least from the line. As people exited cars and scurried to the end of the line, Godwin kept away but always making sure he could be seen. That's because he was sporting a shirt with the name of Ed Homan, a Republican candidate for the state Legislature. He was at the poll on his own, not part of an organized effort by the campaign. ...more

November 4, 2008

8:10 a.m.: Rhonda Burel seemed determined to be part of a news story today, and not in a good way. She stood in the right-turn lane off bustling Bearss Avenue in front of the Jimmie B. Keel Regional Library in Tampa holding a McCain/Palin sign she had yanked from the ground outside the polling place. ...more

November 4, 2008

6:22 a.m.: We are starting to see a steady stream of voters lining up at the polls in Polk County. At Precinct 251 in South Lakeland there are more than a dozen people already in line, and cars continue to flow into the parking lot. ...more

November 4, 2008