Daytime polls open as Americans vote in election
Updated: 2012-11-06 22:27
(Xinhua)
|
|||||||||
WASHINGTON - After voters in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, kicked off US presidential elections in a midnight voting session, daytime polls were open Tuesday before the first light across the East Coast to select the next president between incumbent Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney.
First daytime polls were opened in northeastern Vermont at 5 am eastern time (1000 GMT). Only several locations in the state open that early, while most open at 6 am (1100 GMT) Vermont is a safe Democratic state.
At 6 am, polls were opened in battleground states of Virginia, as well as a host of states across the East Coast, including New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Maine and the rest of New Hampshire and Vermont. Polls were also opened in Indiana and Kentucky.
About half an hour later, election sites were open in the all important battleground of Ohio at 6:30 am(1130 GMT), almost bringing to an end the intense competition for the state's 18 electoral votes. Romney will make a final stop during the day to Ohio to rally support.
The polls were slated to last the whole day across the United States, with the first results begin to come in after polls close at 7 p.m. (0000 GMT Wednesday) in Virginia, which has 13 electoral votes and is especially important to Romney. Other states' polls will close later.
However, a projection of the election results won't be expected before later in the night, as most battleground states may produce too-close-to-call results.
The last polls were to close 1 am Wednesday (0600 GMT) in Alaska, a safe Republican state.
- US election kicks off with midnight voting
- Voters head to polls to give verdict in presidential race
- Do or die: Final election day dawns
- Obama, Romney focus on swing states in late campaigning
- Chicago to re-elect Obama
- Romney's Boston headquarters cloaked in secrecy
- Obama, Romney tied in polls before election
Relief reaches isolated village
Rainfall poses new threats to quake-hit region
Funerals begin for Boston bombing victims
Quake takeaway from China's Air Force
Obama celebrates young inventors at science fair
Earth Day marked around the world
Volunteer team helping students find sense of normalcy
Ethnic groups quick to join rescue efforts
Most Viewed
Editor's Picks
![]()
|
![]()
|
![]()
|
![]()
|
![]()
|
![]()
|
Today's Top News
Health new priority for quake zone
Xi meets US top military officer
Japan's boats driven out of Diaoyu
China mulls online shopping legislation
Bird flu death toll rises to 22
Putin appoints new ambassador to China
Japanese ships blocked from Diaoyu Islands
Inspired by Guan, more Chinese pick up golf
US Weekly
![]()
|
![]()
|