Sen. John McCain and his wife Cindy greets supporters during his last campaign rally on Tuesday in Grand Junction, Colo. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)
“We’re here for change,” says Melissa Charles, holding her daughter Chelsie, 3, while waiting in line to vote at Jim Gilliam Recreation Center in Los Angeles. She said that she and her husband took their children to the polls because “it’s really important for them to see this.” (Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times)
A woman makes her way to vote in a neighborhood on the west side of Philadelphia only a few feet from the polling station. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
The Stars and Stripes provide a gauzy frame for voters who are photographed through the U.S. flag as they line up to vote in Chicago for the 2008 election. (Jewel Samad / AFP / Getty Images)
Voters enter a polling place as the doors open and the sun rises today in Nashville. (Mark Humphrey / Associated Press)
Young voters from Temple University and other residents line up to vote in Philadelphia. Student supporters of Barack Obama walk the line encouraging voters to wait despite the delay and to be a part of history. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
Krystal Sipp votes at Cherry Creek Town Hall in Cherry Creek, N.Y. (David Duprey / Associated Press)
Lester Campbell, 84, fills out his ballot as he votes at the Plymouth School, an old, one-room school house in Plymouth, Mo. (Charlie Riedel / Associated Press)
