Election 2012

At precinct 26 in northwest D.C., 561 voters are making very long lines in a very small room. (WTOP/Mark Segraves)

WTOP/Mark Segraves

Parking lots are full of people who are ready to vote - beware of accidents. This 2012 Corolla is scraped at Maryland's 3rd precinct. (WTOP/Kristi King)

Tweets greet voters at Kenilworth Elementary in Bowie. (WTOP/Kristi King)

WTOP/Kristi King

"Voting line in Fairfax, VA at Centerpoint Church." (Courtesy of mjhale via Twitter - @mjhale)

A busy morning at the Virginia polling place in Fairfax County. (WTOP/Hillary Howard)

WTOP/Hillary Howard

A mom brings her daughter to J.E.B. Stuart High School in Fairfax County for her first time voting. (WTOP/Hillary Howard)

WTOP/Hillary Howard

The early-morning line at J.E.B. Stuart High School in Fairfax County. It took 25 minutes for the first voters to finish. (WTOP/Hillary Howard)

WTOP/Hillary Howard

"A-D line is incredibly packed. #WTOP #WTOPvote Chevy Chase Community Center." (Courtesy of Hunter Smith via Twitter - @doctor1010)

"Lines to #vote around the block in Old Town #Alexandria. Perfect #weather!" (Courtesy of Steve Rudin ABC7 via Twitter - @steverudinabc7)

"Only 5 machines for precinct with 90 percent turnout. Looks like 3 hour wait now. #ElectionDay @WTOP @postlocal #va" (Courtesy of Melissa A. Chadwick via Twitter - @chadwickmelissa)

"Voting at graham road elementary in falls church. Relatively painless, took 15 minutes." (Courtesy of Sheila Heller via Twitter - @SheilaHeller)

About 100 people wait in line to vote at precinct 27 in D.C. (WTOP/Mark Segraves)

WTOP/Mark Segraves

A long voting line at Lake Braddock Secondary School in Burke, Va. (WTOP/Jonathan Warner)

WTOP/Jonathan Warner

"Upper Marlboro..... I'm definitely going to be late for work." (Courtesy of V.J. via Twitter - @gloom2glam)

A voting line in Arlington at Key Elementary School at about 8:15 a.m. (WTOP/Tom Foty)

WTOP/Tom Foty

Long lines at Nativity Youth Center just before polls opened in Ward 4, 60th Precinct. (WTOP/Lacey Mason)

The line early Tuesday morning at J.E.B. Stuart High School. (WTOP/Hillary Howard)

WTOP/Hillary Howard

Early Tuesday morning, voters began lining up at J.E.B. Stuart High School. (WTOP/Hillary Howard)

WTOP/Hillary Howard

A line of 150 people have been steadily waiting to get into a fire station at WBJ on Wilson Blvd in Arlington to vote. (WTOP/Greg Bianco)

WTOP/Greg Bianco

A line of 150 people have been steadily waiting to get into a fire station at WBJ on Wilson Blvd in Arlington to vote. (WTOP/Greg Bianco)

WTOP/Greg Bianco

"#election2012 results at NoVa Montessori school." (Courtesy of Reagan Bussells Jhee via Twitter - @bussekr)

Voting at the Church of Little Flower in Bethesda, Md. (WTOP/Dick Uliano)

WTOP/Dick Uliano

Waiting times for lines at Maryland precincts 1502 and 1505 at Arrowhead Elementary were about 45 minutes at 8:30 a.m., down from one hour and 45 minutes earlier in the morning. (WTOP/Kristi King)

WTOP/Kristi King

"Just did my civic duty and voted with my son at my side. We did the paper ballot to which he asked why I was coloring!" (Courtesy of Brian van de Graaff via Twitter - @ABC7brian)

Despite separation of church and state, some are voting on church property. (WTOP/Dick Uliano)

WTOP/Dick Uliano

Arkansas Election Arkansas voters line up in the rain at an early voting poling place in Little Rock, Ark., Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, the last day to vote in advance in the Nov. 6, general election. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

AP Photo/Danny Johnston

Pretty long lines at an early voting site in Charles County in La Plata. Md. Nov. 2, 2012. (WTOP/Darci Marchese)

WTOP/Darci Marchese

The line snakes around at early voting at the Germantown Rec Center, Nov. 2, 2012. (WTOP/Mike Jakaitis)

Early Voting Miami Myrna Peralta, left, and other voters react after the elections office in Miami-Dade County reopened its doors to voters who waited in long lines for an absentee ballot in Doral, Fla., Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. The doors were closed after election officials were overwhelmed by the size of the crowd Sunday. With limited staff and one printer, election officials decided to shut down the main office, doors were reopened after voters protested and demanded to exercise their right to vote. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

AP Photo/Alan Diaz

Elizabeth Warren, John Kerry Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, Elizabeth Warren, left, and U.S. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., walk and talk as they arrive at a campaign rally at a high school in Braintree, Mass., Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. Both Warren and incumbent U.S. Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., continue their push around the state in the final days before Election Day. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

AP Photo/Steven Senne

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell speaks at a Mitt Romney rally in Fairfax, Va., Nov. 4, 2012. (WTOP/Andrew Mollenbeck)

WTOP/Andrew Mollenbeck

Tagg Romney makes a pitch for his father, Mitt Romney, at a rally in Fairfax, Va., Nov. 4, 2012. (WTOP/Andrew Mollenbeck)

WTOP/Andrew Mollenbeck

Romney 2012 A video crew records a standup in front of the stage where Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will speak election night, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, at the Boston Convention Center in Boston. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

AP Photo/Stephan Savoia

Romney 2012 A video crew records a standup in front of the stage where Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will speak election night, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, at the Boston Convention Center in Boston. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

AP Photo/Stephan Savoia

Indiana Election Early Voting Mary Lyons hands out registration forms as voters line-up to cast their early votes at the City-County Building Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, in Indianapolis. Early voter turnout was down from the last presidential election in 2008. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

AP Photo/Darron Cummings

Superstorm Voting A sign advising residents about the consolidation of polling stations is posted outside city hall in Long Beach, N.Y., Monday Nov. 5, 2012, in advance of election day. Officials are preparing to hold a national election in storm-ravaged sections of New York and New Jersey barely a week after Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

AP Photo/Jason DeCrow

Dutch Ruppersberger, Ben Cardin Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., left, and Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger, D-Md., visit with shoppers at Lexington Market in Baltimore, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, as they campaign for reelection. Maryland's elected officials are making a final push for Tuesday's election. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

AP Photo/Patrick Semansky

"hour long wait." (Courtesy of Meghan Lynch via Twitter - @Mpeaky31)

Arkansas Election Arkansas voters line up in the rain at an early voting poling place in Little Rock, Ark., Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, the last day to vote in advance in the Nov. 6, general election. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

AP Photo/Danny Johnston

Superstorm Sandy Voting Workers carry voting machines up a set of debris-covered steps at East Elementary School in Long Beach, N.Y., Monday Nov. 5, 2012, as it is set up to serve as a polling station for election day Tuesday. Officials are working to hold a national election in storm-ravaged sections of New York and New Jersey barely a week after Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

AP Photo/Jason DeCrow

Election 2012 People vote early during early voting in the 2012 election at a polling place in downtown Chicago, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. About 30 million people have already voted in 34 states and the District of Columbia, either by mail or in person. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh

Early Voting Ohio A man shows his presidential preference outside the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections in Cleveland on the last day of early voting Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. About 1.6 million people have already voted early in Ohio. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)

AP Photo/Mark Duncan

Some lucky voters in Bowie, Md., get to wait inside at the polls. (WTOP/Kristi King)

WTOP/Kristi King

The Washington Mill Elementary School poll in Alexandria opens, with hundreds already in line. (WTOP/Neal Augenstein)

WTOP/Neal Augenstein

George Allen, U.S. Senate candidate in Virginia, greets voters in line at the Washington Mill Elementary School poll. (WTOP/Neal Augenstein)

WTOP/Neal Augenstein

"Lines very long in Fairfax VA, bush hill elementary. It is moving quickly! Go VOTE!" (Courtesy of Brian Downey via Twitter - @brianedow)

"Long lines in Herndon but proud to be here." (Courtesy of Derek Sleeper via Twitter - @dereksleeper)

"Line to vote in Arlington already out the door and down the block." (Courtesy of Brian Benjamin via Twitter - @bbenj10)

"Line out the door to vote in #StaffordVa at Porter Library. Brr it's cold!" (Courtesy of Mr. Lewis via Twitter - @dickisrichard)

Joanne Price, of Arlington, Va., leaves the Madison Community Center with her daughters Ellie, 3, on left, and Kendal, 6, on right, after voting Democrat Nov. 6. (Courtesy Natalie Plumb, special to WTOP)

Courtesy Natalie Plumb, special to WTOP

The view from inside the Nerve Center as WTOP's Capitol Hill Correspondent Dave McConnell reports for News Channel 8. (WTOP/Lacey Mason)

WTOP/Lacey Mason

A group of young revelers rally in Lafayette Park, across from the White House in Washington, D.C. late Tuesday, Nov. 6 2012. (WTOP/Stephanie Steinberg)

WTOP/Stephanie Steinberg

Nikhil Natarajan, 4, plays a game on his mother's iPhone outside the Madison Community Center in Arlington, Va., while she votes Nov. 6. (Courtesy Natalie Plumb, special to WTOP)

Courtesy Natalie Plumb, special to WTOP

Scott Fortney, 41, his wife, Janet, 47, and daughter Juliette, 7, review the sample ballots volunteers handed out at the Madison Community Center in Arlington, Va., on Nov. 6. (Courtesy Natalie Plumb, special to WTOP)

Courtesy Natalie Plumb, special to WTOP

Robert Waters, 82, returns to his car after voting for President Obama at Madison Community Center in Arlington, Va. He currently teaches financial engineering at George Washington University. (Courtesy Chris Martin, special to WTOP)

Courtesy Chris Martin, special to WTOP

Melissa Boasberg (right), 44, leads her caravan back to the car after voting at the Madison Community Center in Arlington, Va. (Courtesy Chris Martin, special to WTOP)

Courtesy Chris Martin, special to WTOP

Daniel Herzfeld, 40, accompanied by his son Matthew Herzfeld, 6, votes at Nottingham Elementary School in Arlington, Va. (Courtesy Chris Martin, special to WTOP)

Courtesy Chris Martin, special to WTOP

Voters approach Great Falls Public Library, where 40-minute waits in the early morning eased up by lunchtime Tuesday. (Courtesy Rachel Rood, special to WTOP)

Courtesy Rachel Rood, special to WTOP

Voters in Herndon, Va., walk past a Big Bird balloon on their way to cast ballots Tuesday at the Herndon Recreation Center. (Courtesy Alexia Campbell, special to WTOP)

Courtesy Alexia Campbell, special to WTOP

Shelly Cooper Smith, of McLean, Va., sells doughnuts and coffee to voters outside Haycock Elementary School in Falls Church. The money raised will support her son's Boy Scout troop. (WTOP/Alexia Campbell)

WTOP/Alexia Campbell

From left to right: Ellie Price, 6, and Kendal, 3, hug their favorite presidential candidate's sign after their mother voted at the Madison Community Center in Arlington, Va., on Nov. 6. (Courtesy Natalie Plumb, special to WTOP)

Courtesy Natalie Plumb, special to WTOP

Superstorm Voting A sign erected by a community group called Rebuild Rockaway shows voting locations in the Rockaway neighborhoods of the borough of Queens, New York, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. Election officials are ordering generators, moving voting locations and figuring out how to transport poll workers displaced from coastal areas as Tuesday's presidential election became the latest challenge for states whacked by Superstorm Sandy. The storm, which devastated East Coast communities with power outages, flooding and snow, had already disrupted early voting in parts of Maryland, West Virginia, New Jersey and North Carolina. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

AP Photo/Craig Ruttle

Mary Edwards, 92, says every day it's difficult to come outside, and even to walk, but that she's never missed Election Day. Edwards voted Nov. 6 at the Nottingham Elementary School in Arlington, Va. (Courtesy Natalie Plumb, special to WTOP)

Courtesy Natalie Plumb, special to WTOP

Kate Schwab, 9, hands out fliers promoting the Arlington School Bond, which would put money aside for school expansions, on Nov. 6 at Nottingham Elementary School in Arlington, Va. (Courtesy Natalie Plumb, special to WTOP)

Courtesy Natalie Plumb, special to WTOP

Voters waited for more than an hour at the Fairfax Community Center in a line that stretched into the parking lot. (Courtesy Ashley Abraham, special to WTOP)

Courtesy Ashley Abraham, special to WTOP

Presidential Race The ice skating rink in New York's Rockefeller Center shows the results of Tuesday's presidential election, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. President Barack Obama won Ohio, Wisconsin, Virginia, Iowa, New Hampshire, Colorado and Nevada, seven of the nine battleground states where the rivals and their allies poured nearly $1 billion into dueling television commercials. Romney captured only North Carolina. The final swing state ó Florida ó remained too close to call.(AP Photo/Richard Drew)

AP Photo/Richard Drew

Barack Obama, Joe Biden Vice President Joe Biden, right, talks to President Barack Obama at their election night party Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, in Chicago. President Obama defeated Republican challenger former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

AP Photo/M. Spencer Green

Barack Obama President Barack Obama speaks at his election night party Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, in Chicago. President Obama defeated Republican challenger former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

AP Photo/M. Spencer Green

Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Jill Biden Joe Biden President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and Jill Biden acknowledge the crowd at his election night party Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, in Chicago. President Obama defeated Republican challenger former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster

Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Sasha Obama, Malia Obama President Barack Obama, accompanied by first lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha arrive at the election night party Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, in Chicago. Obama defeated Republican challenger former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster

Barack Obama President Barack Obama watches as first lady Michelle Obama gives a thumbs up at his election night party Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, in Chicago. President Obama defeated Republican challenger former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

AP Photo/Chris Carlson

Obama 2012 Confetti falls over supporters at the end of President Barack Obama remarks during an election night party, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, in Chicago. Obama defeated Republican challenger former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.(AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

AP Photo/Matt Rourke

Barack Obama President Barack Obama gets a hug from first lady Michelle Obama at his election night party Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, in Chicago. President Obama defeated Republican challenger former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

AP Photo/Chris Carlson

266661 Waiting in Northern Stafford, Virginia to vote. (Provided by Jeffrey Bell)

Provided by Jeffrey Bell

"Voting line at Fire Station 10 in Rosslyn." (Courtesy of Richard Burgess via Twitter - @RichardBurgess)

"JUST got into the building at Key Elem after 2.5 hours. Easily another 2 hour wait." (Courtesy of J. Hakki via Twitter - @jazzybelle33)

"PM voting line at Little Flower Bethesda. Polling workers amazed. 'Usually at this hour we're doing crosswords.'" (Courtesy of Louise Schiavone via Twitter - @LouiseSchiavone)

A long line for voting at Hylton High School in Prince William County at 12:12 p.m. (WTOP/Hank Silverberg)

In Fairfax County, a snaking line at J.E.B. Stuart High School at about 10:30 a.m. Poll workers say this is one of the busiest years they've seen. (WTOP/Hillary Howard)

WTOP/Hillary Howard

No line outside and a 15 minute wait inside Hutchinson Farm in South Riding, Va. (WTOP/Mike Moss)

"My total time to #vote by paper ballot in Sterling, VA: 4 minutes. Electronic voting had a line of 4 people." (WTOP/Brian Oliger via Twitter)

WTOP/Brian Oliger via Twitter

"No cell phones in the voting place!" (Courtesy of Louisa Schiavone via Twitter - @LouiseSchiavone)

The wait time for the line in the Silver Spring Armory is over one hour. (WTOP/Bob Madigan)

WTOP/Bob Madigan

In Richmond, Tim Kaine visits polling places and thanks volunteers. (WTOP/Andrew Mollenbeck)

WTOP/Andrew Mollenbeck

I voted. (Provided by Hoi)

Provided by Hoi

Wall Street A trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange looks at images of the presidential contenders the day after Pres. Barack Obama was re-elected, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012 in New York. With President Barack Obama elected to another term, U.S. investors dumped stocks Wednesday and turned their focus to a world of problems, including a "fiscal cliff" of tax increases and spending cuts at home and a deepening recession in Europe. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)

AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams

Jean Fowler and her son Michael, who voted for the first time Tuesday, head to the polls. (WTOP)

WTOP

A Howard County polling location doesn't have as many people waiting in line as other sites in the region. (WTOP/Ari Ashe)

WTOP/Ari Ashe

A long line of people waited to vote at Potomac Landing Elementary School in Fort Washington Tuesday evening. (WTOP/Michelle Basch)

WTOP/Michelle Basch

Voters continue to wait in line after the doors closed at 7 p.m. at Potomac Middle School Tuesday evening. (WTOP/Kathy Stewart)

WTOP/Kathy Stewart

After doors close at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Potomac Middle School in Dumfries, Va., the line is still out the door. (WTOP/Kathy Stewart)

WTOP/Kathy Stewart

WTOP's Capitol Hill correspondent Dave McConnell shares the latest in Election 2012 on 103.5 FM. (WTOP/Kate Ryan)

WTOP/Kate Ryan

George Allen, Susan Allen Susan Allen, the wife of the Republican Virginia Senate candidate George Allen, speaks to reporters before the start of a Republican Party of Virginia post election event at the Omni Hotel in Richmond, Va. on Tuesday Nov. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Clement Britt)

AP Photo/Clement Britt

George Allen Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell speaks to the press during the Republican Party of Virginia post election event at the Omni Hotel in Richmond, VA on Tuesday November 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Clement Britt)

AP Photo/Clement Britt

VIRGINIA VOTE Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnel, left, and First Lady Maureen McDonnell, center, talk with Raritza Mercado, right, as they wait in line to vote at the Richmond Public Library precinct in Richmond, Va Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, Bob Brown)

AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, Bob Brown

Florida Votes Voters line up in the dark to cast their ballots at a polling station, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012 in Miami. After a grinding presidential campaign President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, yield center stage to American voters Tuesday for an Election Day choice that will frame the contours of government and the nation for years to come. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee

George Allen Virginia Republican senate candidate George Allen fills out his ballot in his home precinct in the Mount Vernon area of Fairfax County, Va., Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite