+St. Louis County election officials finally released their tally at 1 a.m. Wednesday. Then they issued a new total at 1:32 a.m.

Democrat Barack Obama – 330,157
Republican John McCain – 219,787

Obama’s 110,370 margin is a record-setting lead for a Democrat…

The Missouri office of the National Alliance on Mental Illness report that they’ve been alerted by the Secretary of State’s office that robo-calls “are going out to disabled persons on Medicaid indicated they will have their Medicaid ‘taken away’ if…

At Jennings High School, the poll lines started to get longer just before 4 p.m., notes P-D reporter Steve Giegerich.

It was thwarting voters who tried voting in the morning but had to leave.

David Vincent was back this afternoon after determining this…

Goeke

Margaret Gillerman reports back with an update from the St. Louis County elections board where Republican Director of Elections Joe Goeke said this morning that the biggest problem was that voters were walking away with pens.

Now he says there might…

Voters endure a long wait in Velda City

Here’s the story: County election officials told us the Velda City polling place was supposed to get three touchscreens and eight booths for 1,195 registered voters.

Here’s what the P-D’s Elizabethe Holland saw:

Three touchscreens,…

The GOP is taking issue with our previous posting about the Obama campaign paying voters’ cab fares.

Writes Chris Taylor with the Republican National Committee: “It is my understanding that campaigns can’t pay for taxi cab rides to the polls in…

Yep, Elizabethe Holland confirms it: Voters waited 6 1/2 hours to cast ballots in Velda City, the tiny suburb in north St. Louis County.

Creola Smith-Fisher, 56, arrived at Velda City hall a 6:15 a.m. After a few hours, volunteers handed…

Voters file into the gym at Twillman Elementary in Spanish Lake

The P-D’s Elizabethe Holland is keeping busy in north St. Louis County. At Jennings City Hall, she spoke with a woman who waited 4 1/2 hours to vote. Now she’s…

The line of voters runs out the door at Dellwood Rec Complex

Clearly, this election will be remembered for heavy voter turnout. It’s evident by the long waits just about everywhere.

We’re just past 1 o’clock, but we’re starting to get some…

Joe Mahr reports:

Palm Pilots were supposed to save area voters from the infamous problems of 2000’s “inactive” voter lists, but voter advocates today are complaining about inactive efforts of St. Louis County to sort out who is on the inactive…