9:18 p.m.: Kathy Harris, chief of staff and general counsel for Hillsborough County Supervisor of Election Buddy Johnson, just made her first announcement of the night. ...more

November 4, 2008

8:41 p.m.: The doors are open at the Tampa Waterside Marriott for those who volunteered for Barack Obama's campaign in Florida. ...more

November 4, 2008

7:21 p.m.: Though polls have closed, there are still more than 200 students waiting in line to vote at USF, according to Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Buddy Johnson. ...more

November 4, 2008

7:05 p.m.: The North Sarasota Get Out the Vote Coalition fired up the speakers and started preparing a celebration hours before the polls closed. ...more

November 4, 2008

6:45 p.m.: The Balm Civic Center had about 15 cars in the lot before polls closed. Precinct clerk John Bailiff, a 10-year veteran of the election office, says it's been much busier than normal. ...more

November 4, 2008

A busy day of voting in Hillsborough County is winding down, with polls set to close at 7 p.m. ...more

November 4, 2008

6:51 p.m. As of 6 p.m., the Pinellas County elections supervisor estimates that 71 percent of the county's eligible voters have cast ballots in today's election. ...more

November 4, 2008

6:30 p.m.: With a half hour to go before polls close, the precincts in south St. Pete still seem to be drawing voters, but sparsely. The lack of lines surprised Cynthia A. Riddell, a lawyer with an office in Sarasota who's registered in south St. Pete. ...more

November 4, 2008

6:20 p.m. BRANDON Carolyn Horn emerges from the polls at Bloomingdale West Recreation Center, scans the quiet parking lot and turns her palms to the dark sky. ...more

November 4, 2008

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