Jimmy Carter, the former president of United States, announced his vote for Sen. Barack Obama on Tuesday. Speaking at the Georgia World Congress Center Tuesday afternoon, Carter said, "The fact is the Obama people already know they have my vote when the polls close tonight."

Carter’s endorsement came as Obama was on the threshold of final victory. Carter, a superdelegate, who was officially neutral in the race, but did offer strong hints that he would end up in Obama's side. He also urged Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton to abandon her White House bid in early June.

The former president also revealed that his children, grandchildren and their spouses back the Illinois senator. Carter had been one of the highest profile Democrats who had yet to make a pick in the long presidential primary.