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In pictures: US election day 2024
Americans cast their ballots in the presidential race between Republican nominee former President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Vice-President Kamala Harris.
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The very first polls in the US opened at midnight in the remote, unincorporated New Hampshire township of Dixville Notch.
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The community has a tradition of midnight voting. More than 82 million people voted before election day
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The result was a clean split between the six registered voters – three for Harris and three for Trump.
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Advanced voting has already been under way in some of the states. This election, Alaskans not only voted for president, but also for the state’s only legislative seat.
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Voters in Connecticut, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, New Jersey, Virginia and New York can all now cast their ballots. People wait in line to vote at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City.
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New York has the most electoral college votes, with 28 up for grabs.
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One third of the US Senate – 34 of its 100 seats – is also up for grabs.
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The state with the fewest electoral college votes is Maine, with four. People cast their vote at Longley Elementary School in Maine’s 2nd congressional district.
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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.
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Voters line up outside a polling place at the Cincinnati Observatory in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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More polls have opened in Ohio, West Virginia and North Carolina, meaning 11 US states in total are now welcoming voters.
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North Carolina is the first swing state where polls have opened.
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Queues build up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Pennsylvania is seen as the key swing state, with 19 electoral college votes.