EARLY BIRD--Mary Tolliver, 78, smiles as she leaves the voting booth after being the first to cast her ballot, at the Schiller Park Recreation Center, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2000. Tolliver arrived at 6:10 A.M., twenty minutes prior to the opening of the poll. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

ELECTION 2000--Voters stand in line shortly after the polls opened at the Schiller Park Recreation Center, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2000. Long-time poll worker Evelyn Jones said that this was the heaviest early turn-out in memory. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

OPTIMISTIC CANDIDATE--Democratic Ohio 12th Congressional District Candidate Maryellen O'Shaughnessy is joined by her 10 year-old son Colin as she receives her authorization slip prior to voting, at the Nazareth Towers, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2000. Although rain was forcast, the sunny Columbus day was coined by Maryellen as "O'Shaughnessy weather." (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

O'SHAUGHNESSY VOTES--Democratic Ohio 12th Congressional District Candidate Maryellen O'Shaughnessy exits the booth with her 10 year-old son Colin after casting her ballot, at the Nazareth Towers, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2000. Although rain was forcast the sunny Columbus day was coined by Maryellen as "O'Shaughnessy weather." (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)