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Published November 04, 2008, 12:00 AM

Election Day 2008


A-M voters wait in a line that extends down the hallway of the Walsh County Courthouse in Grafton, ND, while N-Z voters walk right in to get their ballots Tuesday. The Courthouse was the only polling site in the county for those who didn't vote absentee. photo by Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald

  • A-M voters wait in a line that extends down the hallway of the Walsh County Courthouse in Grafton, ND, while N-Z voters walk right in to get their ballots Tuesday. The Courthouse was the only polling site in the county for those who didn't vote absentee. photo by Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald
  • East Grand Forks election judges Norm Vanderpan, left, and Bob Carlson assist a voter Tuesday at city hall. photo by Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald
  • Voters wait for the poll to open as chief election judge Sue St. Sauver and Marvin Schroeder raise the flag at the May Township Hall near Stillwater, Minn., Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
  • Sue Beard, of Des Moines, Iowa, stands outside precinct 18 as she arrived early to cast her ballot in the general election, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
  • People line up to vote in the early morning at City Hall in Alexandria, Va., Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
  • Eric Welsh, right, and Steve Simpson, left, wait for the polls to open in Matthews, N.C., Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008. The two were the first in line to vote, arriving at 5:15 am. Polls in North Carolina open at 6:30am. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
  • Kate Winters uses a flashlight as she reads a book while waiting in line before polls open in Matthews, N.C., Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
  • Three East Grand Forks voters cast their ballots at city hall Tuesday. photo by Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald
  • People vote inside Chaparral High School in Parker, Colo., on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008. The Douglas County school was one of many polling places across the county. Many people were turning out in Douglas County but lines were not too long. Election officials at the school thought that early voting helped. (AP Photo/Kenneth D. Lyons,The Denver Post)**DENVER OUT; NO MAGS; NO TV; NO INTERNET; NO SALES**
  • Anthony Rinaldo, a seventh grader at Norton Middle School reaches to color Maine for Barack Obama for the school's vote on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov 4, 2008 in Norton, Ohio. (AP Photo/Mike Cardew, Akron Beacon Journal)
  • Gary Mathes braves the cold Alaska weather to waive a sign on election day in Anchorage, Alaska on Tuesday Nov. 4, 2008.(AP Photo/Al Grillo)
  • Rupert Macpherson, 94, prepares to cast his vote on election day inside a garage being used as a polling place in Decatur, Ill., Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
  • Republican vice presidential candidate and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her husband Todd walk to their campaign plane as they leave the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport in Anchorage, Alaska, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008, bound for Wasilla. Palin traveled to the town of Wasilla, where she once served as Mayor, to cast her vote in the presidential election. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
  • Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and his wife Michelle, cast their votes at a polling place in Chicago, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
  • Democratic vice-presidential candidate Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., gives the thumbs up sign to his wife Jill, right, after voting, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)
  • Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and his wife Cindy, walk back to their car after casting their ballots in the 2008 presidential election at the Albright United Methodist Church in Phoenix, Ariz., Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
  • Citizens cast their votes outside a church polling site which has lost electrical power on Election Day Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ric Francis)
  • Bullock County Sheriff Raymond "Buck" Rodgers talks with Annie O. Calloway as he prepares to cast his ballot in the general election in Smut Eye, Ala., on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008. Voters in this small Alabama town cast their ballot in a metal storage shed. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
  • Dahan Alnajjar waits to fill out his ballot for the general election in Dearborn, Mich. Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
  • From left, Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., daughter Sarah, who voted for the first time, and wife Laurie cast their votes at the Linwood Recreation Center in St. Paul on Tuesday Nov. 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Star Tribune, Bruce Bisping)
  • Democratic Senate candidate Al Franken, right, and his wife Franni vote at Central Lutheran Church Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008 in Minneapolis. Franken's path to Election Day began in February 2007, when he announced his candidacy live on his Air America radio show. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
  • Spokane County Elections Department employee Rose Honsa accepts a ballot from a voter at the elections office Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008 in Spokane, Wash. Employees were working the curbs to keep traffic congestion to a minimum and speed voters through the process. (AP Photo/The Spokesman-Review, Christopher Anderson)
  • Students from Skills for Tomorrow charter school, show their support for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama on a median in St. Paul, Minn. on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008. (AP Photo/St. Paul Pioneer Press, Jean Pieri)
  • Peter Dux and Libby Sundby hold up signs on election day in Fargo, N.D., on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008. (AP Photo/The Forum, Michael Vosburg)
  • Vicki Trovillion waves a cardboard cutout of Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain as she and Loree Smith campaign during evening rush hour in Maitland, Fla. Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank)
  • Obama supporters Jerry Jean-Baptiste and Violet Baptiste celebrate the historical events of election day Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008 on a West Palm Beach, Fla. street corner. (AP PhotoJ Pat Carter)
  • In this photo rendered from video and provided by APTN, the Rev. Jesse Jackson reacts after hearing the news that Democratic Sen. Barack Obama has been elected president of the United States, becoming the first African-American elevated to the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008, in Chicago. (AP Photo/APTN)
  • Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks during a rally with supporters on election night in Phoenix, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
  • President-elect Barack Obama, his wife Michelle and daughter Sasha, 7, wave as they take the stage at his election night party at Grant Park in Chicago, Tuesday night, Nov. 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
  • Obama supporter Violet Baptiste celebrate the historical events of election day Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008 on a West Palm Beach, Fla. street corner. (AP PhotoJ Pat Carter)
  • Adrienne Weil of Crested Butte, Colorado holds a "Yes We Can!" sign over her head that she received from a rally for Obama, Biden in Pueblo Colo. last weekend, in Crested Butte during a snow flurry on the General Election day, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008. More snow is expected through tomorrow in the mountain town. (AP Photo/Nathan Bilow)
  • Armando Rilgarin, of Manhattan, watches the election coverage from the NBC News "Election Plaza" in Rockefeller Center, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
  • President-elect Barack Obama waves as he takes the stage at his election night party in Chicago's Grant Park, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)