Voters line up at Pierce Elementary School to cast their votes in Birmingham, Mich., Nov. 2, 2004.
President Bush arrives at the local firehouse to vote with daughters Barbara and Jenna in Crawford, Texas, Nov. 2, 2004. He also was accompanied by his wife, Laura.
Democratic Presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., speaks to canvassing volunteers as they prepare to work on the "Get Out The Vote" campaign on Election Day in La Crosse, Wis., Nov. 2, 2004.
Teresa Heinz Kerry, wife of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry, exits the polling place in Fox Chapel, Pa., after voting Nov. 2, 2004.
First-time voter Natalia Agudelo, 20, left, gets some help from attorney Pam Kearse, right, a member of the Volunteer Lawyers for Kerry-Edwards, outside a polling precinct Nov. 2, 2004 in Hollywood, Fla. Kearse, from Boston, Mass., is one of more than 3,700 lawyers in Florida helping the Kerry campaign refute voter challenges.
Claire McCaskill, Democratic candidate for governor of Missouri, casts her ballot Nov. 2, 2004 in St. Louis, Mo.
Don Huntrods of Van Meter, Iowa, emerges from a voting booth after casting his ballot, in Lee Township, Iowa, Nov. 2, 2004.
New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey exits the polling booth after casting his vote at the Hun School in Princeton, N.J., Nov. 2, 2004. (McGreevey announced Aug. 12 he would resign Nov. 15.)
Fred Sibille, right, greets Frank Lagarde with a smile while Lagarde walks into the voting booth Nov. 2, 2004, at Mulberry Elementary School in Houma, La. Sibille was responsible for resetting the voting machine after each vote.
Sen. Charles Schumer, D-NY, exits the voting booth at Public School 321 in the Park Slope section of the Brooklyn borough of New York Nov. 2, 2004.
Joann Davidson, checking for hanging chads on a absentee ballot, is one of about 75 people participating in the ballot-checking process at the Montgomery County Board of Elections in Dayton, Ohio Nov. 2, 2004. Absentee ballots were being opened.
Jack Trees, 2, looks for his mother as his father, Jeff Trees, second from right, votes during the General Election at Pierce Elementary School in Birmingham, Mich., Nov. 2, 2004.
Voters wait in the hall at the Kettering Assembly of God Church to cast their ballots Nov. 2, 2004, in Kettering, Ohio.
John Schalnus, a rancher in Yampa, Colo., exits the voting booth at the Yampa Town Hall Nov. 2, 2004.
Music artist Sean "P. Diddy" Combs exits a voting booth after casting his vote Nov. 2, 2004, in his Upper East Side neighborhood of New York. P. Diddy spearheaded the campaign "Vote or Die," aimed at drawing youth and minority voters to the polls.
People vote at Crieve Hall Elementary School in Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 2, 2004.
Early voters jammed into Harrison Elementary School in Janesville, Wis., Nov. 2, 2004, to vote in the general election. At one point shortly after the polls opened, the line stretched nearly 200 feet through the school and a voter waited an unprecidented 50 minutes to cast a ballot. The school serves two of the city's 27 wards.
Evelyn Polk, voting inspector at Precinct 2 in McAlester, Okla., looks over a ballot Nov. 2, 2004, from Sandra McClintle.
Jean and Hap Arnold stand under a patriotic umbrella as they wait to vote Nov. 2, 2004, at Port Charlotte Middle School in Port Charlotte, Fla.
Voter advocates canvass the parking lot at Buchtel High School as voters arrive for and leave the polls Nov. 2, 2004, in Akron, Ohio. Allegations had arisen that this polling station opened about 15 minutes late, and many voters left because they were unable to locate their names on the precinct lists.