As of the close of the polls today, just over 668, 000 people had voted.
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The first polls close in Kentucky and Indiana at 2300 GMT (1800 EST), and the last polls close in Alaska by 0600 GMT (0100 EST) on Wednesday.
These are the races that cannot be projected when the polls close from exit polls or even from actual votes collected at the sample precincts mentioned earlier.
"The Obama people already know they have my vote when the polls close tonight, " he told the Associated Press (AP) news agency.
Something for new lawmakers (or re-elected veterans) to think about once the polls close.
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The commission and courts will have lots of complaints to handle after the polls close.
Then at night, starting 15 minutes after the polls close in each county in Texas, they have caucuses.
So from now until the polls close, we need every one of you to work like you've never before.
And remember, as long as you're in line when the polls close, you can still vote. (Applause.) So understand -- early voting.
Each state is "called" some time after the polls close - these are projected results based on exit poll data and partial vote counts.
Poll workers in Collin County, near Dallas, estimated that nearly three-quarters of the Democratic voters would participate in the Democratic caucuses to be held after the polls close.
In races that do not appear to be very close, projections may be made at poll closing time based entirely on exit poll results, which are the only information available when the polls close about how people voted.
Meanwhile, the race among the lesser known Republican candidates was too close to call two hours after the polls closed.
McCain, for his part, left a while ago for Virginia, another red state where the polls are close.
Pakistan's election commission spokesman, Khurshid Alam, estimated the turnout by 2 p.m. at 30% and said that by the time polls close at 5 p.m.
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Unable to close ground on Obama in the polls, the GOP challenger seeks to woo Hispanic voters but has found himself hindered by the conservative stance he took on immigration policy to win the Republican primary campaign.
As the campaign drew to a close, nearly four out of five of the polls conducted since John Major had fired the starting gun gave Labour a slight lead, making a narrow victory look quite likely.
The 25% of the vote the polls predict for them would be close to a record for the party if it held up on election day.
Close to half of Oklahomans at the polls said they were dissatisfied.
By then the election was but two weeks away, and though there appeared to be growing Lindbergh support among voters throughout the traditionally Democratic South, and close contests were predicted in the most conservative midwestern states, national polls showed the president comfortably ahead in the popular vote and well ahead in electoral votes.
Aided by the White House -- of which Wellstone was a frequent critic -- Coleman kept pace with Wellstone in the money chase, and polls showed the two men were locked in a close race before Wellstone's death.
There was a glimmer of hope for the first-term senator when polls showed she began to close Fitzgerald's double-digit lead late in the week before election day.
My guess is that the polls will show something pretty close to 50-50.
In Pakistan, opinion polls predict a close race between the Pakistan People's Party, which is led by Benazir Bhutto, an exiled former prime minister, and the newly formed Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid, which supports General Musharraf.
Polls show the two in a close race, with support for each in the mid-40-percent range.
The electoral commission initially said it expected to declare the winner within 72 hours after polls close Friday.
But, I think the thing to really look at is the state polls, which are very, very close.
The lapsed Senator is really working those long, NBA-tested legs, partly because he feels good--his kickoff speech went well, close to 100 media types are covering him, and the latest polls put him just a few points behind Gore in New Hampshire--and partly because he has only half an hour before sunset, and he wants to lead us to the banks of the Mississippi before then.
The races attracted attention because they were close ones in states whose polls were first to close, at 6 p.m.
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