Hillsborough County voters must be getting used to something new every time they show up to cast their ballots. For some reason the people in charge of elections around here have found it necessary almost every voting cycle to go out and spend a few million dollars or so to install voting machines that can guarantee that when you cast a ballot, it will be counted and they can go back and check it out. ...more

November 7, 2008

SEBRING Humberto Ramirez's jubilation ended and sleep began around 12:30 Wednesday morning, shortly following president-elect Barack Obama's televised victory speech. ...more

November 6, 2008

For Gail Sideman, sitting back and watching the election on TV just wasn't enough. ...more

November 6, 2008

The Rev. James Favorite had long favored changing the state constitution to ban gay marriage, but he sharpened his message when the Florida NAACP came out on the opposite side. ...more

November 6, 2008

Compared with a typical Tuesday, multimedia services saw huge jumps in traffic on Election Day. ...more

November 6, 2008

Yesterday, we sent out a request for how people tuned into election news – on TV, online, through social media sites, text messages, etc. ...more

November 5, 2008

The screams of joy carried down historic Seventh Avenue in Ybor City. Their man had done it. ...more

November 5, 2008

9:31 p.m.: The Good Luck Café in Ybor City mimicked a church – just for a moment – as partiers offered a minute of silence in honor of Barack Obama. ...more

November 4, 2008

8:30 p.m. Obama supporters continue to pour in the open doors of the Good Luck Café in Ybor City, joining about 85 partiers noshing on free chicken wings and meatballs, ready to cheer on their man. ...more

November 4, 2008

4:31 p.m.: The Obama campaign in Florida says a text message is being sent out in the state, mostly to college students, falsely telling them the election has been extended until Wednesday because of high voter turnout. ...more

November 4, 2008