United States voting

Election workers help a voter, right, finalize his affidavit ballot at a consolidated polling station for residents of the Rockaways on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in the Queens borough of New York. Election Day turnout was heavy in several storm ravaged areas in New York and New Jersey. (AP Photo)

Voters check in before casting their ballots under a tent at a consolidated polling station for residents of the Rockaways on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in the Queens borough of New York. Election Day turnout was heavy in several storm ravaged areas in New York and New Jersey. (AP Photo)

People walk through a makeshift shelter in a gymnasium at Toms River East High School as they arrive to vote Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Toms River, N.J. Voter turnout was heavy in several storm ravaged Jersey Shore towns. (AP Photo)

Voters check in before casting their ballots under a tent at a consolidated polling station for residents of the Rockaways on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo)

A bilingual polling place worker, left, assists an elderly couple as they look over a sample ballot near a voting booth at Hoboken City Hall on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Hoboken, N.J. (AP Photo)

Bertha Osterman reads instructions on setting up a voting booth at Memorial Elementary School in Little Ferry, N.J., as election workers prepared for Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. The school is hosting the all districts in town because the nearby Washington Elementary School is still without power following Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo)

New Jersey National Guard Spcs.Abdul Scott, bottom left, of Elizabeth, N.J., and Cullin King, of Hillside, N.J., fill out affidavits as they cast their vote on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Hoboken, N.J. (AP Photo)

Voters fill out their ballots in a vehicle storage bay at Armory Garage, a Jeep, Chrysler, Dodge and Ram auto dealership on Election Day 2012 on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo)

Voters cast their ballots at a polling place inside St. Leo's Catholic Church in Baltimore on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (AP Photo)

A voter signs in to cast a ballot at the old Brown School on Nov. 6, 2012, in rural Wellsville, Kansas. After a grinding campaign President Obama and Republican presidential candidate Romney, yield center stage to American voters for an Election Day choice that will frame the contours of government and the nation for years to come. (AP Photo)

Voters wait to cast a ballot at P.S. 33 in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo)

Voters wait for their chance to cast a ballot at P.S. 33 in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo)

Voters wait for their chance to cast a ballot at P.S. 33 in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo)

The Gallegos residence is converted into a polling station on election day in Stockton, Calif., Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (AP Photo)

A line forms outside a polling place as people gather to vote on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo)

Voters wait to cast a ballot at P.S. 29 in the Cobble Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo)