4:28 p.m.: If she were devious, Cynthia Makintosh could have voted for a second time today ...more

November 4, 2008

3:30 p.m.: Joyce Sharp of Clearwater saw the news reports about the early voting lines, some of them nearly two hours long, and decided she wanted no part of it. ...more

November 4, 2008

3:15 p.m.: After what happened in the 2000 presidential election, Carmen Arenas was leaving nothing to chance. ...more

November 4, 2008

2:51 p.m.: Democrat Sam Mangione, 50, often votes for Democrats. ...more

November 4, 2008

2:30 p.m.: A first-time voter, Jessica Metz of Dunedin came to the Dunedin Community Center prepared to wait a while before casting her ballot. ...more

November 4, 2008

2 p.m.: Ignoring the homemade signs that say, "Not A Precinct," the woman rolls down her window and hollers, "Can I still vote in here?" ...more

November 4, 2008

The suspense was building Tuesday morning as voters flocked to West Pasco precincts to cast ballots in the presidential election. ...more

November 4, 2008

11:25 a.m.: Christi Oglesby drove by early voting sites last week, saw the lines and kept going. ...more

November 4, 2008

11 a.m.: There are no lines of voters going into the Fair Oaks Recreation Center on 34th Street just south of Hillsborough Avenue. There are no lines either at the Pictureman Catering lunch bus parked across the street. ...more

November 4, 2008

10 a.m.: One of the newest polling locations in South Shore reported brisk turnout little more than two hours after the polls opened today. "We started off with around 200 voters," said Billie Fox, poll deputy for precinct 933 at the SouthShore Regional Service Center in Ruskin. "Since then we've had more than 350." ...more

November 4, 2008