Went to Meade Manor, no issues at all and no wait.

Voting Issue- Maximizing the right to vote should be a core value. Why reduce early voting this year, they eliminated the Sunday voting before the election, traditionally a heavy day for minorities, hourly workers and shut-ins voters......wonder what Gov Scott's motivation was to ignore the requests to help these groups?

Was at my voting poll on 2299 Drew St. this morning (at 7am), other than waiting about an hour, there were no issues. The staff was friendly and helpful.

Just a note to all before the day is over:

My 80's something parents weren't sure if they'd be up to standing in line to vote today, so when the absentee/early voter ballot came in they filled it out and mailed it back to the county elections offices. Anyway, I found an online site that verifies if your ballot was received and vote(s) counted.....My Mom's wasn't...AND she is still eligible to vote it says! So later today I'll take her to the precinct. Bottom line: Verify if you can your mail-in vote was received!

Here's the link!

https://www.electionsfl.org/pinellas/index.php?mais=Y

"Anne"

We voted last Thursday at the West Pasco Government Center. We arrived at 6:45PM and walked right through. Every single person we encountered was not only helpful, but also cheerful and eager to help. I must say, it was the most-delightful experience in voting I have ever encountered. Kudos to the volunteers and those who organized this particular setup. Well done.

Good to hear stories of smooth voting. Thanks for commenting.

I'm a poll watcher. So far, no issues today. I hope it stays that way for the rest of the day.

District 103 River Ridge Country Club. Volunteers are outstanding! Great job! Easy in and out 10:30 a.m.

I just voted in Safety Harbor at the Espiritu Santo Church this morning. It took me more than one hour to vote. The line to vote was the longest that I have ever seen. I saw some people leave because they couldn't wait any longer to vote. We can thank Gov. Scott for much of this mess. If he and the legislature hadn't shortened early voting from 14 days to 8 days, the long wait to vote would have been much shorter.

I was able to drop my absentee ballot off at a drive by location today. It took less than a minute. Awesome!

Ballot scanner at Tingley Library in Bradenton Beach was jamming at 7:30 am. It jammed on me, and the person in front of me as the ballot was going through. The poll worker had to open the scanner with a key to get my ballot to go through. Then the ballot counter read Ballot not counted. Not sure my vote counted. I was not at all happy about this.

Chanta, Please call 1-866-OUR-VOTE (1-866-687-8683) and report this.
It's very important that your vote and everyone else's counts!

Thanks so much! I'll try to follow up for you.

This wasn't reported in Fl yet that I know of but if happening here could be anywhere the person posted on YouTube..... http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=QdpGd74DrBM&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DQdpGd74DrBM

St. Pete Polling Place Activity
A tour of St. Pete Polling places between 2:30 and 4:00 revealed short or no lines at all Polling places except 1. The Polling location at Sunken Gardens had a long line extending all the way back to Carrabas.

Poll workers all provided the following information:
• There were long lines waiting for the Polls to open
• The lines were all basically gone by around noon
• There were more young people voting than any of the Poll workers had ever seen before
• Every Polling location indicated they had far exceeded any total of voters in the past.

Sarasota County is dealing with its first two-page ballot and the machines are jamming because people are putting in both pages at once. Some voters said they didn't realize there was even a second page because they were stuck together. For more: http://patch.com/A-ztvR

Warning: Republican desperation to steal Obama votes! This is for real, so anybody on Facebook or getting emailed instructions that appear to be a helpful hint to Democrats, this is a deception. Read on...

http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/technolog/dont-pass-it-voting-booth-hoax-spreads-facebook-1C6884772

Y'all should do the mail in thing, no lines

Thanks for the feedback, everyone!

Posting from the Pinellas County Republican election party. Big crowd waiting for results.

500 to 700 people already at the Republican victory party

The Party is in full swing. Pictures tomorrow on Pics and Clips.

Unexpectedly Peter Nehr is trailing

Bill Nelson declared winner.

Mood growing more somber as vote leans toward Obama.

Crowd mood picking up as state vote for Romney begins to look better for the moment.

Brickfield and Bostock giving concession speeches.

Crowd is thinning out as final Pinellas count comes in

"Doc", thanks for taking the tough assignment to post from the victory party!!!! Seriously, thank you for telling us all what is going on there.

Republican victory party biggest winner is Sheriff Bob Gualtieri. Given the rest of the County results Gualtieri may find a larger role in County politics.