Slideshow: The nation votes

Kansas City polls
Yolanda Bryant fills in a paper ballot at the Briarcliff Elementary polling location November 4, 2008 in Clay County, Kansas City, Missouri. After nearly two years of presidential campaigning, U.S. citizens go to the polls today to vote in the election between Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) and Republican nominee U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ). (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
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