5:10 p.m.: Deborah Cabrera of Palm River got up Tuesday morning, excited to vote. ...more

November 4, 2008

4:53 p.m.: Neither rain, nor snow, nor late arrival could keep four absentee ballots from reaching their destination Tuesday. ...more

November 4, 2008

4 p.m.: With three hours remaining before polls in Hillsborough County close, voting apparently has proceeded with no interruptions, according to Mia McCormick, a spokeswoman for the supervisor of elections. ...more

November 4, 2008

3:49 p.m.: In Pinellas County, six optical scanning machines had to be replaced by noon today, while 439 absentee ballots have had to be discounted thus far because of signature irregularities on the part of the voters, according to a spokeswoman with the Supervisor of Elections Office. ...more

November 4, 2008

More than 10,500 voters cast their ballots by 2 p.m. today, bringing the total percentage of votes cast to 60 percent. 10,671 people voted today as of 2 p.m., said an official with the Highlands County Supervisor of Elections. ...more

November 4, 2008

3:16 p.m.: Heather Martin showed up early this morning in Seffner to vote. When she got to the front of her line, standing right behind her husband, she knew she had a problem. Her name was not on the voting list. ...more

November 4, 2008

2:49 p.m.: I've been covering the 2008 election for 15 months now. I waited until Election Day in a bipartisan spirit, thinking that being a late decider would help keep my reporting unbiased. ...more

November 4, 2008

2 p.m.: Unprinted ballots, jammed phone lines and problems with address changes are some of the problems plaguing polling sites in Hillsborough County. ...more

November 4, 2008

12:59: A handful of candidate representatives at Hillsborough County polling places complained that voters were confused after showing up at the wrong polling place. ...more

November 4, 2008

12:29 p.m.: Merry Brocket of FishHawk took a vacation day from her job with a local talk-radio station to volunteer at the Hillsborough Supervisor of Elections Office. ...more

November 4, 2008