Voting is already underway, with the first in-person ballots cast in
— population 13 — near the border with Canada.
Polls open and closed within a matter of minutes, with six registered voters casing ballots. The result? A 3-3 tie between Democrat candidate Vice President Kamala Harris, and Republican former president Donald Trump.
That could be a sign of things to come, with national polling showing Harris and Trump are neck-and-neck.
States decide what time voting wraps up, and the first polls will close at 10am AEDT in the Republican strongholds of Indiana and Kentucky.
An hour later, Georgia will be among the states to close their polls. United States President Joe Biden won
by a slim margin at the 2020 presidential election.
Polls across all states will have closed by 4pm AEDT.
More than 80 million Americans cast early ballots this year, and millions more will do so today.
But if it’s a close race, as polling suggests, the result might not be known for days. Last year, Biden was not declared the winner until the result in Pennsylvania was clear — four days after election day.
— David Aidone
