The Chicago Tribune (US)
Editorial Cartoons

I think it’s fair to say that many in the media have election fatigue. And this cartoon captures that:

“Man, am I glad that’s over,” comments one man, as he emerges from the voting booth.

The Washington Post (US)
In Chicago, Laying Ground Work for a Potential Celebration

The Washington Post has an aerial view of the venue for Barack Obama’s election night in Chicago. The paper observes that it looks like a circus is coming to town and indeed authorities are expecting hundreds of thousands to converge on Grant Park in Chicago due to unseasonably warm weather.

No alcohol will be served at the event - just hot chocolate – to ensure that the festivities do not get out of hand if Obama is elected as one of the rare leaders from a minority group

The Gulf News (United Arab Emirates)
Other Leaders from Minority Groups

And that is what this daily from the United Arab Emirates tells us: if elected, Obama would be one of a select group of leaders from a minority group that includes Ayatollah Khamenei, of Azeri ethnicity. Hugo Chavez of Venezuela has Amerindian and African roots while his ally Evo Morales of Bolivia is a native of the Aymara tribe. Let us not forget Nicolas Sarkozy either. France’s President has a Hungarian father and his mother is half-Greek and Jewish.

Le Figaro (France)
Les candidats oubliés espèrent troubler le jeu
 

Le Figaro reminds us that there are other candidates apart from Obama and McCain

The most notorious of them is Ralph Nader. He was central to the outcome of the 2000 election when Al Gore was beaten in Florida by just 500 votes. Nader as a champion of consumer rights, healthcare and workers was accused of stealing votes away from the Democrats. He’s called Obama a coward who is prepared to walk over anyone in order to satisfy his ambitions. Will enough left-leaning voters be convinced to steal the vote away from the Democrats again?!

There’s also that other invisible African-American in the race – Green Party candidate Cynthia McKinney. She’s on the ballot in 32 states.

Los Angeles Times (US)
Proposition 8: Your guide to the gay marriage ballot measure
 

It’s not just the Presidential election or the election for the Senate and the House.

Many Americans will be voting in referenda. For instance in Colorado there is a proposition to define "personhood" as beginning at the moment of fertilization, rather than when an egg is implanted in the uterus.

The most high-profile ballot initiative in this election cycle is probably California's Proposition Eight, or Prop Eight, as it is known for short. If passed, it would amend California's constitution to say: "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognised in California."

LA Times has a photo of what I would guess are opponents of that ballot!

San Francisco Chronicle (US)
Calif. gay marriage ban a $73M race

Spending on this so-called Proposition 8 initiative to outlaw same-sex marriage in California has surpassed 73 million dollars.

This is almost twice the total spent in 24 other states where similar propositions were put to voters since 2004.

I think it’s safe to say that spending in this election has beaten all records!