US election 2016: Images from polling stations
08 November 2016 |
5:27 pm
Though the tone of the campaign leading to the election day was rather caustic, the election has been very orderly across America, according to media reports.
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A crowd of people surround Democratic presidential nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as she votes at Douglas Grafflin Elementary School on November 8, 2016 in Chappaqua, New York. Hillary Clinton cast her ballot in the presidential election as the rest of America goes to the polls to decide between her and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/AFP
NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 08: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump cast their votes on Election Day at PS 59 November 8, 2016 in New York City. Trump's marathon final two days of campaigning marched through 10 cities in two days, stretching into Election Day. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP
ATLANTA, GA - NOVEMBER 08: Early morning voters including (left to right) Ali Gross, Esteban Simian and Cheryl Gratton wait for 1.5 hours to cast their ballot on election day November 8, 2016 at Grady High School in Atlanta, Georgia. After a contentious campaign season, Americans go to the polls today to choose the next president of the United States. Jessica McGowan/Getty Images/AFP
99-year-old Minerva Turpin with Hillary Clinton's running mate Tim Kaine as he gets set to vote on Tuesday. PHOTO: TWITTER/ TIM KAINE
Voters cast ballots at Club Lucky Lounge in the 2016 presidential elections in Chicago, Illinois on November 8, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / Tasos Katopodis
Voters cast ballots at the Swedish American Museum in the 2016 presidential elections in Chicago, Illinois on November 8, 2016.
Polling stations opened Tuesday as the first ballots were cast in the long-awaited election pitting Hillary Clinton against Donald Trump. / AFP PHOTO / Tasos Katopodis
ARLINGTON, VA - NOVEMBER 08: Voters fill out their paper ballots in a polling place on election day November 8, 2016 in Arlington, Virginia. Americans across the nation make their choice for the next president of the United States today. Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP
US President Barack Obama walks with a staff member as he arrives at Fort McNair in Washington, DC, to play basketball with friends on November 8, 2016.
After an exhausting, wild, bitter, and sometimes sordid campaign, Americans finally began voting Tuesday for a new president: either the billionaire populist Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, seeking to become the first woman to win the White House. / AFP PHOTO / NICHOLAS KAMM
Eager voters crowded into polling stations to choose a new US president Tuesday after a wild and bitter contest between the billionaire populist Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, the Democrat seeking to become the first woman to win the White House.
Though the tone of the campaign leading to the election day was rather caustic, the election has been very orderly across America, according to media reports.
Check out the gallery above for images from some polling centres across the US.
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