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COLUMBIA - Voters are still at the polls across the nation and here in Missouri.

The fight for the Show-Me State is still on and the polls are open for about two more hours. If you haven't yet voted you still can.

You need to bring your voter identification card to the polls with you.  If you don't have your voter identification card you can use another form of identification. 

Acceptable forms of identification include your driver's license, an identification card issued by a government agency or an institution of higher education, a passport, a Social Security card, Medicaid or Medicare identification card, or a current utility bill, bank statement, or other government document that contains your name and address.

Some parents brought their children to the polling places to show them how the process goes.

By 10:00 a.m. hundreds had already cast their votes at Columbia Public Library.

With the help of optical scan devices --- it didn't take too much time out of their mornings.

Most of the voters KOMU talked with said they had already made up their minds about who to vote for before today.

Voters are going to the polls from coast to coast. Twenty-four states are participating in Super Tuesday.

Democrats need 2,025 delegates to secure the party's nomination.

Republicans need 1,191 delegates to secure their party's nomination.

Barack Obama told NBC's the Today show this morning  he's expecting "a split decision". His main rival, Hillary Clinton, wouldn't make a prediction during her round of morning television appearances, saying candidates are all kind of guessing about what it's going to mean because it's never happened before.

Don't expect all the votes to be counted tonight. In parts of California, there has been a return to paper ballots. Officials say the vote count will last well into Wednesday morning.

NBC projected at around 6:00 p.m. Senator Barack Obama won Georgia, and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee won West Virginia.

Stay with KOMU News and KOMU.com for complete Super Tuesday coverage.

Reported by: Jason Lamb
Edited by: Jennifer Ayres
Reported by: Crystal Hilliard

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