- Colombia correspondent says: Puerto Ricans are also voting today, although not to choose the next president of the United States. Instead, they get to elect a new governor, a new no-voting representative to the US Congress and local legislators. And they also have to decide whether to become the 51st US state, seek independence or remain an "associated free state" of the US. - Istorian Douglas Brinkley tells CNN that since the disputed election of 2000, there have been "miraculous" efforts to increase turnout, which has steadily gone up from 51% in 1996 to 63% in 2008. Too early to say how 2012 will fit in.
- - The BBC's Philippa Thomas in Chicago can give us more on the 21-year-old who voted while in labour with her first child. Galicia Malone gave birth to a daughter and a county official said he wished all voters showed such determination.
- Associated Press reports that while in labour, a pregnant woman in the Chicago area made a detour en route to the hospital to vote in Dolton, Illinois. No word yet on if the baby has been born.
- The BBC's Valeria Perasso, Hispanic affairs correspondent, says: In Arizona, levels of interest among Latinos is much higher than the national average - 60% said they are more enthusiastic than in 2008, while the national average is 34%, according to a pre-election poll by Latino Decisions
- The BBC's Rajesh Mirchandani in Colorado: Roy D Moore 89, from Colorado Springs, wears his 'I voted' sticker after casting his ballot at Woodmen Valley Chapel. 'I'll be back in four years to do it again,' he said. Officials here reported above average turnout. There were 80 people in line and most had waited 45 minutes to vote.
