US polls expected to begin closing in a few hours

It's Election Day successful the U.S. This year, voters astir the state volition take whom they privation to nonstop to the White House for the adjacent 4 years. Also to beryllium decided are 34 Senate seats, each 435 House of Representatives seats, 13 governorships and a plethora of section elected positions.

This blog volition beryllium updated passim the night.

First polls adjacent astatine 6 p.m.

The archetypal polls to adjacent volition beryllium successful parts of Indiana and Kentucky astatine 6 p.m. Eastern time. Voting locations successful parts of some states that are successful the Central clip portion volition stay unfastened until 7 p.m. Eastern time.

At 8 p.m. Eastern time, each polls volition beryllium closed successful fractional of the country's states: Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia and West Virginia.

Polls enactment unfastened the latest successful Alaska, wherever they volition adjacent astatine 1 a.m. Eastern time.

As of Tuesday, tracking from The Associated Press of aboriginal voting nationwide showed much than 82 cardinal ballots were formed earlier Election Day, which is somewhat much than fractional the full fig of votes successful the statesmanlike predetermination 4 years ago.

Still, results successful galore of those states volition instrumentality hours, if not days, to beryllium announced.

The statesmanlike predetermination is expected to travel down to results successful a fewer battleground states.

Hoax weaponry threats were directed astatine polling locations successful 3 of those plaything states – Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin, the FBI said connected Tuesday. Many of the threats appeared to originate from Russian email domains, according to the FBI.

"None of the threats person been determined to beryllium credible frankincense far," the FBI said successful a statement, adding that predetermination integrity was among the bureau's highest priorities.

At slightest 2 polling sites targeted by the hoax weaponry threats successful Georgia were concisely evacuated connected Tuesday.

Republican Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger blamed Russian interference.

"They're up to mischief, it seems. They don't privation america to person a smooth, just and close election, and if they tin get america to combat among ourselves, they tin number that arsenic a victory," Raffensperger told reporters.