Election Watch: Running updates of the US election

Win or lose, Obama's election night party will look far different than it did four years ago, when 125,000 people gathered on an unseasonably warm night in Chicago's Grant Park. The campaign is holding election night event indoors, at a convention center.

The decision appears to have been a smart one. The weather in Chicago on Tuesday night is forecast to be cold and rainy.

— Julie Pace — Twitter http://twitter.com/jpaceDC

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"I won't guarantee that they'll get it right, but I think they will." — Republican challenger Mitt Romney, asked on WTAM radio in Ohio whether he agrees with Ronald Reagan's conclusion that voters always get it right in the end.

— Nedra Pickler — Twitter http://twitter.com/nedrapickler

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"There's no doubt that people have tried to put obstacles in our way in Congress, playing politics instead of doing what we need to do to make sure everybody is getting a fair shot." — President Barack Obama, interviewed on 99 Jamz in Miami.

— Freida Frisaro — Twitter http://twitter.com/ FRF_12

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Two North Korean defectors working at a Seoul-based shortwave radio station that targets audiences in North Korea planned a special section on the U.S. election in their regular program Tuesday night.

In the recorded program, the defectors explained the U.S. election system and compared it with the North Korean system, where a sole parliamentary candidate will win with nearly 100 percent of the vote, according to station head Kim Seong Min.

"We said that we hope this kind of election system will someday be possible in North Korea, and that there were revolutions in the Middle East to achieve this kind of system," Kim said.

Kim said many North Korean defectors have testified that they listened to the station's radio programs before leaving North Korea, though he doesn't know how many listen daily.

— Hyung-jin Kim

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"Oh my God, I have been so anxious about being able to vote. ... It's such a relief to be able to do it. This is the happiest vote I ever cast in my life." — Annette DeBona of Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey, voting in an area hit hard by Superstorm Sandy.

The 73-year-old was so worried about not being able to vote that she called the police department several days in advance, as well as her church, to make absolutely sure she knew where to go and when.

Her choice for president: Mitt Romney.

— Wayne Parry — Twitter http://twitter.com/WayneParryAC

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"Now voting, Joe Biden," announced the polling place worker manning a booth in Delaware, the vice president's home state. Biden went into the booth and — presumably — voted for himself and President Barack Obama.

Like the other early-morning voters, Biden waited his turn in line.

Later, reporters asked whether he had any prediction for the outcome. "Oh, I'm feeling pretty good," Biden said.

— Matthew Daly — Twitter http://twitter.com/MatthewDalyWDC