The first voting began at midnight in Indonesia, with one of the first unofficial results coming from a polling station at the JW Marriott Hotel in Jakarta.

Democrats Abroad announced the worldwide results on February 21, 2008, declaring Barack Obama the winner.

"[7]: I.A.4.c Convention date: April 12, 2008 National pledged delegate votes determined: 0 (of 7) Twenty-two delegates, including 8 superdelegates, traveled 125,000 miles from around the world to Denver, CO to represent Democrats Abroad at the Democratic National Convention August 25–28, 2008.

Professor David Dill of Stanford University questioned whether having a private company run a public election, with little oversight, was appropriate.

Based on partial results, the international news media reported large Obama victories as soon as these manual polling stations closed.

These totals did not include any of the postal or Internet votes: At 3 a.m., there are still around 30 Democrats watching CNN as results are projected on a giant screen.