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Photos from Election Day
3:58 pm
Wed November 7, 2012

SLIDESHOW: Images From Election Day In South Florida

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Credit Jeannette Estevez Adelman :
Seven-year-old Julian Adelman examines a sample Florida ballot, while his parents wait to vote. His mom reports, "He was amazed at all of the words needed for an amendment."
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Credit Doug Hanks / Miami Herald
Carlos Almeida, a 19-year old sushi chef, was the first in line ahead of the 120 to 130 people waiting outside his precinct in Doral. He rode his bike over to the polling place at 3:30 a.m. because he didn’t want to stand around.
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Credit Danny Rivero / WLRN
Venezuelan native Olga Marcucci (far left) is a first time American voter. She told us "I don't mind if I have to wait five hours or ten hours. I'll vote"
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Credit Alexandra Leon / Miami Herald
Just a piece of the election night line at South Kendall Community Church in Countrywalk. At least 1,000 were in line at closing time at the location, where voting didn't finish until early Wednesday, when the presidential election was already called.
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Credit @AdamHBeasley on Twitter
South Florida: We get a lot of things wrong, but there are some things that we get right.
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Credit Jordan Shockett
Jordan Shockett was studying how to mix drinks for his new job during the three-hour wait to vote at the Normandy Isle public pools.
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Credit Daniel Rivero / WLRN
Pedro Wasserman finally gets to cast his vote in Wynwood. He estimates that it has taken him about 18 hours over the past few days to vote. "It's a disgrace, really," he added.
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Credit Naomi Davis
NYU student Naomi Davis, whose absentee ballot never arrived in the mail. Davis found out, on Election Day, that her address was incorrectly entered into the computer. It was off by one digit. But that was enough to keep her from getting a ballot.
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Credit Ellen Elias and Raya Elias-Pushett
Ellen Elias and her daughter, Raya Elias-Pushett, who voted for the first time today. Raya drove down from Gainesville to pop her election cherry.
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Credit Laura Coburn / WLRN
Flor Martin braids her daughter, Chloe's hair as the girl texts, while son, Julian, studies the sample ballot at Florida City Hall.
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Credit Danny Prats
Danny Prats, 25, spent an hour in line at the Miami Dade County Auditorium playing Galaga on his iPhone. He was hoping to set a high score, and expected to wait three to four hours. “I didn't come close," he said.
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Credit Kenny Malone / WLRN
Democrat Joe Garcia takes the stage for a vicory speech after defeating incumbent David Garcia.
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Credit Christine DiMattei / WLRN
In Palm Beach County, a large batch of absentee ballots had an error a few weeks ago, so a large group of people were transferring votes from the defective ballots to the new ones.
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Credit Kenny Malone / WLRN
Enterprising local t-shirt designer Earl Quinn set up shop in Liberty City., selling Obama swag. While it seemed like a lot of people were coming through, Quinn said it was child’s play compared to 2008.

Not too much writing on this one, folks.

Scroll through the pictures and read the individual stories for each.  These photos were gathered from the time the election opened until deep into the night.

If you want to read through the whole day from polls to pillows, take a look at the live blog that we were maintaining throughout.