Throughout the day I will be searching the Internet for photographs of the election. I'm going to be picky, looking for examples of what I consider to be great photography and quality work.
So, open this diary in a separate tab and check back from time to time, lets all enjoy the day through the lenses of photographers across the country.
Ramonita Santana, 86, looked over her paper ballot before voting in Lower Manhattan
Ángel Franco/The New York Times
Under generator-powered lights, New Yorkers waited to vote in Staten Island's Midland Beach section.
Seth Wenig/Associated Press
Lisa Amico, right, helped voters in an unheated tent serving as a polling site in Staten Island.
Seth Wenig/Associated Press
Ralph Raymond, a polling station volunteer, held a curtain open for a voter at the Talbot Gym in Exeter, N.H.
Cheryl Senter for The New York Times
Nina Bush reacts as she finishes voting at a polling site at Toledo Police Museum in Ohio.
Jeff Kowalsky / EPA / November 6, 2012
Carol, left, and Amon Burton place signs on Lamar Boulevard before polls open in Austin, Texas.
Tamir Kalifa / Associated Press / November 6, 2012
The hands of Sam Martin show off the sticker he received after voting early last week. Martin gathered with others on election day for breakfast in the Nutcracker Restaurant, a 1950s style diner in Pataskala, Ohio.
Whitney Curtis / Associated Presss / November 6, 2012
Update 10:19am PST
Penny the Boston Terrier votes with her owners, Amy O'Neill and girlfriend Michelle Nowakowski, during the U.S. presidential election in Milwaukee, Wisc., on Tuesday.
NBC News
William Wright and India Johnson wait in line to vote at Larchmont Elementary School in Norfolk, Va. on Tuesday. Wright and Johnson, both and from Richmond, were excited to cast their first votes in the Presidential election.
Amanda Lucier / The Virginian-Pilot via A
Update 10:32am PST
As the polls open at 6 a.m., Virginia residents file into an historic property called the Hunter House at Nottoway Park to cast their vote in the 2012 US presidential election in Vienna, Va., on Tuesday.
Jim Lo Scalzo / EPA
Update 11:07am PST
Two-year-old Liana Brinkerhoff, top left, looks on while sitting on the shoulder of her farther at a polling place in Billings, Mont.
Jae C. Hong / Associated Press Photos / November 6, 2012
Update 11:53am PST
Voters waited in the predawn hours in Vienna, Va., to cast votes in the general election.
Jim Lo Scalzo/European Pressphoto Agency
Dian DeStefano, an election clerk, waited for voters in a tent serving as a polling station in Staten Island.
Todd Heisler/The New York Times
Update 12:44pm PST
Children from Kingdom Kids Child Development Center march past a polling station to get out the vote at Dunbar High School in Washington, D.C.
Brendan Hoffman / Getty Images / November 6, 2012
A woman uses a sticker on her motorized wheelchair to make her pro-Obama statement in rainy St. Petersburg, Fla.
Edward Linsmier / Getty Images / November 6, 2012
Update 1:35pm PST
A supporter snapped a picture of President Obama speaking to a local campaign office in Chicago on Tuesday.
Doug Mills/The New York Times
Voting in Jamul, Calif.
Gregory Bull / AP
Updated 1:56pm PST
A woman waits to vote at the Point Pleasant Fire House in Point Pleasant, NJ, on Tuesday.
Andrew Burton / Getty Images
A boy holding an American Flag peeks out of the voting booth as his mother votes at the Town House during the U.S. presidential election in New Hampton, NH, on Tuesday.
Jessica Rinaldi / Reuters
Mike Wigart, 30, picks up his ballot at a polling station in the garage of the Los Angeles County lifeguard headquarters on Tuesday in Los Angeles, Calif.
Kevork Djansezian / Getty Images
And by all means, if you find a great shot out there that I've missed please share it in the comments.