All the polls closed on time in Cuyahoga County with the expected glitches and lawsuits.

Elections director Jane Platten praised her staff, the 8500 temporary poll workers and the voters

for making the election a success so far.  The hundreds of thousands of paper ballots still

need to be counted.  Platten says turnout was probalby around 57%, not the 80% expected.

Few of the estimated 100,000 people gathered in Cleveland to see Barack Obama (and Bruce Springsteen) got within viewing distance. But that wasn’t for lack of trying. Michael Naught was first in the west side line, but had to get there at 6 a.m. to claim the honor. Gary Hoffer and Nicole Spears were just starting out from Sandusky then and didn’t claim their spot until after 7 a.m. They all did that knowing their first glimpse of Obama was at least nine hours away. And not minding a bit

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