We re not through voting yet. Sure, polls had closed nearly an hour ago in the Eastern Time Zone. They could show up for another 10 minutes. And those in line by the stroke of 7 could vote no matter how long it took. Voters have been known to stand in line for up to two hours in presidential elections.
Military personnel are notorious for crowding into polling places on the way home from work.
The western Panhandle teemed with military installations. The Naval Air Station was right there on Pensacola Bay. This was the very cradle of naval aviation, the storied home of the legendary Blue Angels. These were not the kind of voters who were going to support Al Gore. Mr. Glass mind raced.