Published 11/5/2008
by Emily Schneider
at CNN Political Ticker
Voters waiting to cast their ballots in Chicago.
(CNN) — Americans hit the polls Tuesday in numbers that officials across the country believed would shatter election turnout records.
Although more than 24.4 million people had already cast early or absentee ballots by Monday, the continued high volume of voters had people across the United States braving [...]
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