Voting for the 2024 US Presidential election began with the eastern time zone in America. New Hampshire was the first state where polling started. Dixville Notch, a small town in the state of New Hampshire became the first place in the country where voters cast their ballot.
Voting across the country begins at 6 am local time. Since the US is divided in different time zones, the eastern part of the country sees polling first. At 6 am local time (4:30 pm India time), eight states which fall in the Eastern Time zone or ET, began polling. These include the states of Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, New Hampshire and Virginia.
Tens of millions of voters across the United States have already cast their vote early. These votes were sent in either by mail or by visiting the polling station in person. According to data from the University of Florida’s Election Lab more than 82 million voters across the US had already voted before the main election day.
This is the final opportunity for Americans to vote in the tightly contested 2024 presidential race between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris hurtled toward an uncertain finish.
The bitterly contested election campaign witnessed two assassination attempts against Trump, President Joe Biden’s surprise withdrawal and Harris’ rapid rise – remained too close to call, even after billions of dollars in spending and months of frenetic campaigning.
The candidates were running neck and neck in the campaign’s final days in each of the seven states likely to determine the winner – Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin – showed opinion polls.
The winner may not be known for days if the margins in the key states remain as slim as they are expected.
