Here's a look at developments from the BOE so far.
# 10:26 p.m.
With what appears to be just absentee ballots counted, Dennis Kucinich has a big lead in the 10th Congressional race.# 8:39 p.m. The AP reports early returns for Democratic and GOP Presidential hopefuls: Clinton has early lead, McCain has big lead
# 8:27 p.m.
The precincts being kept open are in the greater Cleveland area. We're now being told that the weather also played a factor in the request to hold polling stations open. While some of the polling places were running low on Democratic ballots, none actually ran out. But there is concern that the freezing rain and sleet that started to fall late this afternoon has hindered the ability of some voters to get to the polls which is why the request was made to keep some polling locations open late.
# 8:19 p.m. The number of precincts being kept open is 15. The exact locations have not been released, yet
# 8:12 p.m. A Cuyahoga County judge has granted a motion filed by the Obama campaign to keep some polling stations in Cuyahoga County open until 9 p.m. The exact locations being kept open late have not been specified, yet.
# 8:02 p.m. The Cuyahoga BOE has suspended the counting of all ballots pending the outcome of the Obama campaign's motion
# 7:58 p.m.
The Obama campaign has gone before a judge to try and get an order to have the polls remain open in Cuyahoga County until 9 p.m. The campaign claims there was a shortage of Democratic ballots that may have left some voters without the chance to vote.
A higher number than expected number of Republican voters showed up at the polls Tuesday asking to switch parties and receive a Democratic ballot. A judge in Sandusky County already approved a similar measure requested by Ohio Secretary of State, Jennifer Brunner. Brunner says there was a lack of Democratic ballots in that county due to the number of voters switching parties.# 4:45 p.m. Cuyahoga County BOE Director, Jane Platten, held a news conference detailing how the situation was going so far. Overall, it seems the voting has gone smoothly with few problems reported.
According to Platten, as of 4:43 p.m. today, 84,444 ballots have been counted, of which, 78,000 are absentee ballots and 5,200 were passed at the Board of Elections. Of those, 61,091 were Democratic ballots, 19,091 were Republican and 4,177 were issue-only ballots.Those results have been locked in a safe and will be released at 7:31 p.m. when the polls close.
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