12:01 AM ON THE DAY AFTER ELECTION DAY

The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, according to its website, has counted only 583 precincts out of 1,435... just 40% of the vote. All over the county, bleary-eyed candidates and supporters are sitting in half-deserted halls and bars, desperately waiting for the numbers to move.

12:30 am: No change. For the last hour. Have they just stopped counting and sent everyone home?

Nope, guess not... at 12:32 the number jumped to 614. That's 31 precincts counted in the last hour. Only 821 to go... plus the absentees.

12:53 am: 665 precincts counted -- still less than half. Among the races that are too close and undercounted to call as we near 1:00 am... the 21st Ohio Senate District (Shirley Smith vs. Annie Key -- 139 out of 323 precincts counted), and the 10th, 11th and 14th Ohio House Districts.

I live in the 21st Senate and 10th House Districts. Nevertheless, I'm going to bed.