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Meanwhile, in Miami, in a carpeted ballroom at the Jungle Island tourist attraction, stoked Obama supporters drank beer and wine and ate flan while watching election results on CNN and MSNBC. After the Ohio win was announced, all hell broke loose. "O-Ba-Ma!" they chanted. It was a diverse crowd: Cuban Americans who had voted Republican until this election, Hillary Clinton supporters who carried buttons for her in their pockets and traditional party liners wearing jeans and drinking beer. Many wore "I Voted for Change" stickers. In a corner, Eloisa Hidalgo dabbed tears as states began coming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election Day Dispatches: It's Morning for the Kenyan Obamas | 11/4/2008 | See Source »

Texas: Who Did Early Voters Go for? 10:45 a.m. E.T. Visits by Presidential candidates Obama and McCain have been as rare as jackalope sightings in Texas this campaign season, but apparently that has not dampened Texans' enthusiasm for the contest. Early voting turnout broke all the records this year with 8.5 million voters casting their ballots in the state's 15 most populous counties before early polls closed on Halloween eve. When the early vote totals come in from the state's other 239 counties the numbers could be staggering and Texas Secretary of State Hope Andrade is anticipating...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election Day Dispatches: It's Morning for the Kenyan Obamas | 11/4/2008 | See Source »

...Florida, for example, some of the new optical-scan machines, which replaced the hanging-chad punch machines of eight years ago, broke down, forcing election officials in several counties to place hand-marked ballots in the lockboxes attached to the non-functioning machines. When the lockboxes became full, officials had to stuff ballots into duffel bags or stack them on the floor. "Not the most secure place," said Jon Greenbaum, Election Protection's top lawyer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Despite Improvements, Still Problems at the Polls | 11/4/2008 | See Source »

...work of his opponents, and with the win over Vegosen, secured himself a position in the final. In the end, Felton was bested by Chaloupkha, 6-4 6-4. “In the second set Alistair really pushed Chaloupkha,” Rueb said. “He broke Chaloupkha twice in the final set but couldn’t consolidate his breaks. This shows a little bit of inexperience, but he is now just getting his feet wet. We expect great things from him but still have a ways to go until the spring...

Author: By Nico S. Theofanidis, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Young Guns Gain Court Experience | 11/3/2008 | See Source »

...event in the basement. Months later, McCain held his last town hall before the primary there. And then he beat George W. Bush, establishing his national identity as a straight-talking reformer. Earlier this year, the state again rescued McCain's fortunes. After his campaign had imploded and gone broke, the Granite State helped McCain defeat Mitt Romney, rocketing McCain to the nomination...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: McCain's Last Town Hall: Back in His Element | 11/3/2008 | See Source »

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