President-elect Barack Obama won 59.2% of votes cast on election day in the ward that includes Story Hill, according to the City Election Commission.

Results of absentee ballots cast in Ward 282 were not available late Wednesday afternoon because absentee ballots still were being counted.

Barack Obama, left; Ward 282, right. Click on the images to see larger versions.

Obama, the Democratic contender, won 394 election-day votes in Ward 282, while Republican challenger John McCain won 259 votes, or 38.9% of the vote.

Libertarian candidate Bob Barr and independent candidate Ralph Nader won four votes each. Constitution Party candidate Chuck Baldwin won three votes, and there were two write-in votes, according to the Election Commission.

There were a total of — weird, spooky music, please — 666 votes cast in Ward 282 on election day.