Election day 2024 is under way across the U.S., and voters are heading to their polling sites to cast ballots in a number of races, including for hundreds of local and state races as well as president of the United States.For the latter, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are neck and neck to be elected America’s next Commander in Chief. Some 82 million ballots—more than half of 2020’s total vote count—were cast early, according to the Associated Press.Polls will close on the east coast starting around 6 p.m. ET, and the final polling locations in the country will close in Alaska at around 1 a.m. ET. Results will begin rolling in shortly after polls close, though it is possible America won’t have an answer on who its leader will be for the next four years until Wednesday or later.Fortune is reporting on the election as it unfolds throughout the night and into Wednesday morning. You can follow along here.Here’s how Election Day looks around the country. A person enters a voting booth at a polling station at Colebrook Academy and Elementary School in Colebrook, New Hampshire, on Election Day, November 5, 2024. JOSEPH PREZIOSO—AFP/Getty ImagesPeople wait in line to vote at a polling station in Smyrna, Georgia, on Election Day, November 5, 2024.YASUYOSHI CHIBA—AFP/Getty ImagesCitizens arrive at the polling center to cast their votes during 2024 United States presidential election in Michigan, United States on November 05, 2024. Katie McTiernan—Anadolu via Getty ImagesFrank Magsanide drops off his ballot at a drop box in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Election Day, November 5, 2024. Eugene Tanner—AFP via Getty ImagesVoters cast their ballots on Election Day at a polling location inside the Su Nueva Lavanderia in Chicago, Illinois, on November 5, 2024. Kamil Krzaczynski—AFP via Getty ImagesFirst-time voter Gabriela Scanlon looks at her ballot with her one-year-old daughter in Washington, DC. Scanlon moved from Brazil and became a US citizen two years ago.Paula Bronstein—Getty ImagesPeople vote at a polling station at Meadows Mall in Las Vegas, Nevada.Frederic J. Brown—AFP/Getty ImagesVoters check in before casting their ballots at a polling place inside a residential garage next to Ocean Beach in San Francisco, California. Loren Elliott—Getty ImagesPeople vote at a polling station in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on Election Day, November 5, 2024. DAVID DEE DELGADO—AFP/Getty ImagesVoters line up at a polling station at Farmersville Elementary School in Easton, Pennsylvania, on Election Day, November 5, 2024. SAMUEL CORUM—AFP/Getty Images People vote as others wait in line at a polling station at Greater Mount Moriah Baptist Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, located within Mecklenburg County, on November 5, 2024. GRANT BALDWIN—AFP/Getty ImagesUpcoming event: Join business's brightest minds and boldest leaders at the Fortune Global Forum, convening November 11 and 12 in New York City. Thought-provoking sessions and off-the-record discussions feature Fortune 500 CEOs, former Cabinet members and global Ambassadors, and 7x world champion Tom Brady–among many others.
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