A McCain Mobile was on the scene at Wellesley Free Library, site of Precinct G voting, at least by 6:30am today as the polls opened. An Obama sign holder showed up by 7am….So we guess McCain got the early edge there….

Things got a little crazy at Wellesley High, the site of Precinct F voting. One eyewitness tells us that an excitable “hippie-ish” fellow started ranting and raving through the school’s hallways. Many police officers took care of that situation….

In a mock election among Wellesley High students Obama crushed McCain, the Townsman reports…

One resident reports that there was a bit of a ballot mixup at the Precinct B voting site for at least a handful of voters. They got Precinct C ballots, as detected by seeing that State Sen. Cynthia Stone Creem’s name was on some ballots instead of Scott Brown’s and Sara Orozco’s….

A McCain supporter from Wellesley wishes Obama the best if he wins but chides “my cheapskate town” for not dishing out “I voted” stickers….

Wellesley’s Town Clerk reported generally smooth operations throughout the day, noting that 60% of eligible voters had cast ballots by 1pm. Absentee balloting was nearly double that of 2004…

Jeff L wrote: My daughter got a kick out of her first Presidential Election as she was handed the ballot and escorted me into the voting booth. We read over the ballot and filled it out and she then was instructed to place into the voting machine. Number 2267th ballot tabulated at Upham School – memories that we will always cherish…