In a bizarre postscript to the problem-plagued Nov. 4 election, Hillsborough County officials said Friday they have discovered 440 uncounted ballots more than two months after the official results were submitted to the state for certification. ...more

January 17, 2009

Shortly after the polls closed Tuesday night, Hillsborough County elections officials began uploading tens of thousands of ballots from early voting stations. ...more

November 6, 2008

Waiting until polls closed Tuesday to announce results, nearly 70 percent of Hillsborough County schoolchildren voted to elect Democrat Barack Obama president in last week's mock election. ...more

November 5, 2008

Lines stretched around buildings and down city blocks as people waited hours to cast ballots in the historic presidential race between Barack Obama and John McCain. Some touch-screen machines briefly malfunctioned, but the country's election system seemed to run smoothly. ...more

November 5, 2008

TAMPA - Waiting until polls closed today to announce results, nearly 70 percent of Hillsborough County schoolchildren voted to elect Democrat Barack Obama president in last week's mock election. ...more

November 4, 2008

3:49 p.m.: In Pinellas County, six optical scanning machines had to be replaced by noon today, while 439 absentee ballots have had to be discounted thus far because of signature irregularities on the part of the voters, according to a spokeswoman with the Supervisor of Elections Office. ...more

November 4, 2008

2:29 p.m.: No lines, no waiting. That's the situation at Precinct 570 at Curlew United Methodist Church in Palm Harbor this afternoon. ...more

November 4, 2008

9:33 a.m.:At the West Tampa Convention Center, first-time voter Rebecca Meza, 18, and her mother Elizabeth Meza, 37, walk out of the voting booths confident in their choice for president: Barack Obama. ...more

November 4, 2008

After what seems like the longest campaign in history, voting day is finally here. ...more

November 4, 2008

The election today is one for the history books and people in all walks of life sense it. ...more

November 4, 2008