Early vote buzz in Ohio and Florida

Ben Smith

An Ohio Democrat sends in this picture of this line outside the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, where thousands of lined up today to vote early. Another photo showed lines of buses outside, as churches had bused their parishoners over.

Meanwhile, in Florida, the latest official numbers show Democrats taking a lead over Republicans in the votes already cast, 871,251 to 818,799. The GOP has a lead in mail ballots, but the Democrats have made up the difference with huge early vote numbers — more than half a million so far.