Late openings at polling places and other problems have caused long delays for voters across the country today, leading some groups to call for delayed closings at certain trouble spots.

Despite that, only two precincts are currently known to be postponing their end time.

Voters in Illinois' Kane County will have until 9:30 PM local time to vote, according to Chicago's CBS-2 News. That gives voters an extra half-hour. Indiana's Delaware County also extended its voting hours, until 8:40 local time.

Officials in Cook County, Ill., Colorado, Florida, Utah and Pennsylvania have been asked to grant extra time for voters to go to the polls, according to the non-partisan Election Protection pollwatching coalition. So far, none has agreed to do so.

A new SurveyUSA poll on the Illinois race for governor finds that a massive number of voters are not only undecided, but are sour enough on the two main party candidates that they're willing to back the little-known third-party challenger — a rarity in large-state elections. Eight percent are undecided, and an astonishing 14% are backing Green candidate Rich Witney. Meanwhile, both main candidates are well below 50% — incumbent Dem Rod Blagojevich has 44%, and GOPer Judy Baar Topinka has 34%. In short, Blagojevich may be reelected with well under 50% — while voters are dissatisfied with him, even more are down on the GOP.

Third party candidates filed petitions to make it onto the ballot on Monday. It would seem the Governor’s race has produced some unusual antics, and the race in the 8th Congressional district could get very interesting.

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Wouldn’t it be great to have a series of $15,000 signs on the highway reminding every commuter of your name? Well, in Illinois all you have to do is be Governor Rod R. Blagojevich (D).

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