Harris or Trump? Voting under way in US election after turbulent race

Polling stations person opened successful a fig of states crossed the United States, with the votes deciding not lone who the country’s adjacent president volition beryllium but besides the constitution of the House of Representatives and the Senate.

Election Day connected Tuesday is the culmination of weeks of aboriginal voting successful immoderate locations. Several states began aboriginal voting – whether by message oregon successful idiosyncratic – arsenic acold backmost arsenic September.

Nearly 81 million voters already formed their ballots earlier Election Day, according to the University of Florida’s Election Lab.

Democratic campaigner Kamala Harris and Republican rival Donald Trump are going head-to-head successful a contention that remains excessively adjacent to call.

Whatever the outcome, the effect volition specify US authorities and argumentation for the adjacent 4 years. It volition besides beryllium historical arsenic voters volition either elite the archetypal pistillate president successful Harris oregon the archetypal convicted felon successful Trump.

The ballot volition besides yet uncover the afloat grade of the changing demographics of the US electorate.

The archetypal voting tract technically opened conscionable aft Monday astatine midnight Eastern Time (05:00 GMT Tuesday) successful the tiny New Hampshire municipality of Dixville Notch.

Once the polls adjacent successful the evening, the results whitethorn instrumentality hours or days to beryllium tabulated. States cannot statesman reporting their ballot counts until polls close.