Election Lines

Voters line up to cast their ballots at the Springfield Museum of Art in Springfield, Ohio, Nov. 2, 2004.

Voters cast shadows while waiting in line outside Precinct 51 at Buena Ventura Lakes in Osceola County, near Orlando, Fla., Nov. 2, 2004.

Hundreds of voters stand in line in the rain at the First Fellowship Church in Columbus, Ohio.

Chandler, Ariz. residents wait in line to vote at McQueen Road Baptist Church, Nov. 2, 2004.

Voters line up to vote at Old Town Hall in East Haddam, Conn., Nov. 2, 2004, to cast their votes in the general election.

Over 150 voters wait in line to vote in the early morning at the Timberwood Park Club House in northwest San Antonio, Texas, Nov. 2, 2004.

Voters line up at a fire station to cast their ballots in Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 2, 2004.

Approximately 175 voters line up outside the Davidson Town Hall in in Davidson, N.C., including Katherine Swintek, Chuck Chowins and his wife Judie Chowins, from left, Nov. 2, 2004.

A long line of voters wrap around the parking lot of Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, outside Lancaster, Pa., Nov. 2, 2004.

People wait in an early morning line to vote in Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 2, 2004. Lines were running about two hours long at the precinct.

Eight-year-old Emilee Marshall, foreground, passes the time coloring as her parents wait in line to vote in White House, Tenn., Nov. 2, 2004.

Early morning voters wait in the fog at the West of New Bern fire department to cast their vote in Trent Woods, N.C., Nov. 2, 2004. More than 200 people were in line when the polls opened.

Residents of Port Charlotte, Fla., wait in line to vote at Port Charlotte Middle School, Nov. 2, 2004.

Voters wait in line in the predawn darkness at Independence High School in Roswell, Ga., Nov. 2, 2004.

Hundreds of early voters wait in line to cast their ballots as the polls closed at the Stephen P. Clark Center, Nov. 1, 2004, in Miami. Election officials estimated the wait time to be more than three hours.

Carlos Mannarino, 6, waits in line with his parents to early vote at the Stephen P. Clark Government center in downtown Miami, Nov. 1, 2004. They had been in line for a hour-and-a-half and were only halfway through. This is one of only two early voting centers still open in Miami-Dade county.