{"id":16393,"date":"2024-11-06T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/in-pictures-us-election-day-2024\/"},"modified":"2024-11-06T02:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T02:00:00","slug":"in-pictures-us-election-day-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/in-pictures-us-election-day-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"In pictures: US election day 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Americans vote in the presidential race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"EvelynEvelyn Hockstein\/Reuters<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Democratic nominee Harris, who voted by post last week, was with her team at the party’s headquarters in Washington on election day.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Donald Trump and his wife Melania voted at the Mandel Recreation Center in Palm Beach, Florida.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"JoeJoe Raedle\/Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Both Democrats and Republicans will be hosting election night watch parties. Trump’s event is at Palm Beach County Convention Center, seen here.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"MarcoMarco Bello\/Reuters<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Staying in Florida, dummy flamingos made a surprise appearance in West Palm Beach earlier on election day.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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The very first polls opened at midnight on Tuesday in the remote, unincorporated New Hampshire township of Dixville Notch.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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The result was three for Harris and three for Trump.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"HasanHasan Akbas\/Anadolu via Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Alaskans vote for president. Their polling stations will be the last of the election to close.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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People wait in line to vote at the Brooklyn Museum in New York.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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New York has 28 electoral college votes up for grabs.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"AndrewAndrew Kelly\/Reuters<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

One third of the US Senate – 34 of its 100 seats – are also up for grabs.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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People cast their vote at Longley Elementary School in Maine.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"GeraldGerald Herbert\/AP<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Holyn Robinson, a student and first-time precinct commissioner, takes her oath along with fellow commissioners just before the opening of the polls, at the Hynes Charter School in New Orleans, Louisiana.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Voters line up outside a polling station at the Cincinnati Observatory in Ohio.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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One Cincinnati voters brought her dog to take part in the process.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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North Carolina was the first swing state where polls opened. <\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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\"QuinnQuinn Glabicki\/Reuters<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

A cat named Sky observes voting at a polling place in Pittsburgh.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Queues at a polling station at Farmersville Elementary School in Easton, Pennsylvania.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Pennsylvania is seen as the key swing state, and has 19 electoral college votes.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Election workers process mail-in ballots in Philadelphia. Pennsylvania is one of seven states that forbid processing mail-in ballots before 07:00 on election day. <\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Donald Trump’s running mate, JD Vance, voted in person in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is seen here with his children.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Voters wait in line at the polling station in the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library in Washington DC.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Gene Girdwood, ballot clerk, checked in voters in Bethlehem, New Hampshire. A presidential election day ballot can be long – two or three pages.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Voters hold up their stickers after visiting a polling place in Atlanta, Georgia. Rules on voter registration vary by state. Nearly half allow for same-day registration on election day. In Georgia, the last day was 7 October. <\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Voters waited in line to cast their ballot in Smyrna, Georgia. <\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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A “vote today” sign alongside the American flag was pictured in Cable, Wisconsin.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Voters line up in Phoenix, Arizona.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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More voters head to Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. Nevada. The state has six electoral votes and was the last of the seven swing states to open polls.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n


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