Americans vote in the presidential race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.
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Democratic nominee Harris, who voted by post last week, was with her team at the party’s headquarters in Washington on election day.
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Donald Trump and his wife Melania voted at the Mandel Recreation Center in Palm Beach, Florida.
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Both Democrats and Republicans will be hosting election night watch parties. Trump’s event is at Palm Beach County Convention Center, seen here.
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Staying in Florida, dummy flamingos made a surprise appearance in West Palm Beach earlier on election day.
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The very first polls opened at midnight on Tuesday in the remote, unincorporated New Hampshire township of Dixville Notch.
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The result was three for Harris and three for Trump.
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Alaskans vote for president. Their polling stations will be the last of the election to close.
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People wait in line to vote at the Brooklyn Museum in New York.
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New York has 28 electoral college votes up for grabs.
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One third of the US Senate – 34 of its 100 seats – are also up for grabs.
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People cast their vote at Longley Elementary School in Maine.
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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 station at the Cincinnati Observatory in Ohio.
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One Cincinnati voters brought her dog to take part in the process.
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North Carolina was the first swing state where polls opened.
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A cat named Sky observes voting at a polling place in Pittsburgh.
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Queues at a polling station at Farmersville Elementary School in Easton, Pennsylvania.
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Pennsylvania is seen as the key swing state, and has 19 electoral college votes.
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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.
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Donald Trump’s running mate, JD Vance, voted in person in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is seen here with his children.
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Voters wait in line at the polling station in the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library in Washington DC.
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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.
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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.
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Voters waited in line to cast their ballot in Smyrna, Georgia.
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A “vote today” sign alongside the American flag was pictured in Cable, Wisconsin.
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Voters line up in Phoenix, Arizona.
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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.