It was 5 p.m. at the Alice Hall Community Center in Zephyrhills and more ducks were being fed outside the building than humans casting ballots inside. An estimated 1,200 voters were expected at the precinct on Election Day, but with two hours until the polls closed, just over 600 voters had been through the doors. ...more

November 4, 2008

3:49 p.m.: "It's been somewhat eerily quiet -- and that's a good thing," Secretary of State Browning told reporters during a 3 p.m. briefing. ...more

November 4, 2008

3:03 p.m.: Hillsborough County Property Appraiser Rob Turner is in the midst of a final push to get out the vote. He is visiting voting precincts from one end of the county to the other. ...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

1:49 p.m.: Pepe Perez has been campaigning at polls for the past 15 years and said this is the busiest Election Day he has seen. Perez was handing out endorsement information at a Carrollwood polling site on behalf of the Hillsborough Fire Action Commitee, a group that campaigns on behalf of Hillsborough County firefighters. ...more

November 4, 2008

Fidel Castro praised Barack Obama Tuesday as smarter and less warlike than John McCain, but stopped short of endorsing either U.S. presidential candidate. ...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

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

9:33 a.m.:At the West Tampa Convention Center, first-time voter Rebecca Meza, 18, and her mother Elizabeth Meza, 37, walk out of the voting booths confident in their choice for president: Barack Obama. ...more

November 4, 2008