Officials: Voting Likely To Continue Through 10 P.M. On FL Campuses

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The home stretch: Election Day to end with evening rush of voters

By Stephen Nohlgren, Thomas C. Tobin and Craig Pittman, Times Staff Writers
Posted: Nov 04, 2008 08:24 AM


After an early morning crush and an afternoon lull, election workers were preparing for an evening onslaught of voters.

Turnout appeared to be particularly high on some of Florida's college campuses. Wait times were reported to be four hours at the University of South Florida in Tampa and more than three hours at the University of Central Florida in Orlando.

Orange County officials said they expected voting on the UCF campus to continue through 10 p.m. Some students in line were ordering pizza. One problem at USF appeared to be a high number of students with eligibility issues.

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