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

8:00 p.m. Plant City A small survey of polling places in the Plant City area showed the precincts were line-free after 6 p.m., with some seeing only a trickle of voters coming in after 5 p.m. ...more

November 4, 2008

7:35 a.m.: Early voting during the lunch hour Friday at the Jan Platt Regional Library in South Tampa took about an hour. But this morning, the line is considerably shorter, and people are popping out of the voting booths in about a half-hour. ...more

November 4, 2008

Barack Obama radiated confidence Monday as he and his presidential rival reached for the finish line of a two-year marathon with a burst of campaigning across battlegrounds from the Atlantic Coast to Arizona. ...more

November 4, 2008

April Hartseil was busy cleaning up along U.S. 27 Monday morning. The interim lead code enforcement officer for Highlands County was removing signs placed on the highway's right of ways over the weekend. By the time her work was done, Hartseil said she personally removed 38. They ranged from garage sale advertisements to campaign signs. ...more

November 4, 2008

There should be no excuse for not voting in the 2008 presidential election, said Norma Stokes, assistant supervisor at the Highlands County Elections Office. ...more

November 4, 2008

Voters on Sunday swarmed local elections offices offering one of the last chances to cast a ballot before Election Day. ...more

November 3, 2008

Just a few days ago, during early voting, Elections Supervisor Joe Campbell got a complaint. A voter claimed the poll worker tried to look at the completed ballot. ...more

November 3, 2008

With two days remaining until Election Day, Jay-Z and Sean "Diddy" Combs told voters in South Florida not to be scared away from the polls by long lines. ...more

November 2, 2008

Voters swarmed the locations Sunday that were still offering a chance to cast a ballot before Election Day. ...more

November 2, 2008