• A lone voter cast his ballot at Precincts 582 & 973 at Miami Science Museum where like many polling places in Miami-Dade County, the number of voters was small. By 11am about 30 voters had come to the precinct for the Republican Primary, Tuesday, January 31, 2012. TIM CHAPMAN / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • Mike and Cheryl Krause, from Pembroke Pines, Mike and Independent and Cheryl a registered Republican, walk out from voting for the municipal election and the Republican primary at 168th avenue and Sheridan Street this Tuesday morning January 31, 2012. Mike said at they voted at 9am. and they were the 9th and 10th voters. Cheryl said she voted for Ron Paul. Walter Michot / Miami Herald Staff

  • Political sign put up at West Kendall Regional Library on Tuesday. LUISA YANEZ / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • Poll worker ready for voters at the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Kendall LUISA YANEZ / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • Voters lining up at West Kendall Regional Library in west Miami-Dade. LUISA YANEZ / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • Campaign signs for Ron Paul prove to be the only legal ones at West Kendall Regional Library. Signs set up too close for other candidates were taken down by poll workers. LUISA YANEZ / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • Illegal campaign signs taken down at West Kendall Regional Library for being too close to precinct. LUISA YANEZ / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • Voter Felix Rodriguez, 35, said his vote was going to Rick Santorum "The only true conservative." LUISA YANEZ / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • Berta Valdez, 79, voted for Mitt Romney. "He's what this country needs." LUISA YANEZ / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • Al Valdez voted for Rick Santorum LUISA YANEZ / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • Sonia Baez, 38, with son, Jesus, voted for Mitt Romney. "I think he has the best chance to beat Obama." LUISA YANEZ / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • Miriam Caraza, (right) checks the time at 6:56am while waiting to vote at 7am with her husband, Carlos Caraza,( second from right) who is talking to other voters at Fire Station # 37 at 4200 SW 142nd Avenue during the Republican Primary, Tuesday, January 31, 2012. About ten voters arrived by 7:05 am. TIM CHAPMAN / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

  • A Republican primary voter walks to her polling precinct #133, early January 31, 2012, at the Coliseum, in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida. AFP Photo/Paul J. Richards (Photo credit should read PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images) PAUL J. RICHARDS / AFP/Getty Images

  • A Republican primary voter walks from his polling precinct, early on January 31, 2012, at the Coliseum, in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida. AFP Photo/Paul J. Richards (Photo credit should read PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images) PAUL J. RICHARDS / AFP/Getty Images