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

November 4, 2008

1:36 p.m. Interest in the presidential election, and Florida in particular, goes far beyond the United States. ...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

7:05 a.m.: Jose Lleras, a 59-year-old registered Republican, said he votes with his heart regardless of party, and his heart told him today to vote for Barack Obama. "I think Barack was more open for what he wanted to do for the country versus badmouthing the opponent," said Lleras, who works for a communications company. ...more

November 4, 2008

6:30 a.m.: In the gray of pre-dawn in Lutz, two women stood in line to vote in a presidential election for the first time in their lives -- one because she was finally old enough, the other because she became a U.S. citizen in June. They were separated by about a dozen other voters at the First United Methodist Church. At 6:30 a.m., the line was growing about two to four people a minute. ...more

November 4, 2008

About 4.2 million Floridians have already voted in the presidential election, Florida Secretary of State Kurt Browning said Monday - but Election Day voters should expect to stand in line anyway. ...more

November 4, 2008

The Supreme Court would not be recommended as the best place in this city to hear a raucous conversation that makes full use of the F-word, the S-word and assorted other vulgarities. ...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

Barack Obama's grandmother, whose personality and bearing shaped much of the life of the Democratic presidential contender, has died, Obama announced Monday, one day before the election. Madelyn Payne Dunham was 86. ...more

November 3, 2008

For the past six weeks, Seminole resident John Piazza said he has had to buy plenty of John McCain signs to replace the ones that have gone missing from his front yard. ...more

November 3, 2008