America voting at last

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 08, 2016

Americans are voting on Election Day to choose the 45th President of the United States of America who will serve from 2017 through 2020. Polling stations opened Tuesday as the first ballots were cast in the long-awaited election pitting Democratic Party candidate Hillary Clinton against Republican Donald Trump.

America voting at last

A clerk tabulates ballots at a polling station just after midnight on November 8, 2016 in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, the first voting to take place in the 2016 US presidential election. / AFP PHOTO

America voting at last

Voters wait in-line for casting their ballots outside a polling place on Election Day November 8, 2016 in Alexandria, Virginia. Americans across the nation are picking their choice for the next president of the United States. /AFP
  America voting at last

Voters cast their ballots on November 8, 2016 at the Midwest Genealogy Center Library in Independence, Missouri, United States. Citizens of the United States will choose between Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton as they pick their choice for the next president of the United States. /AFP
America voting at last

Voters cast their ballots in the presidential election at the Greenwich High School polling place in Greenwich, Connecticut November 8, 2016. After an exhausting, wild, bitter, and sometimes sordid campaign, Americans finally began voting Tuesday for a new president: either the billionaire populist Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, seeking to become the first woman to win the White House. / AFP PHOTO 

America voting at last

Voters wait in line at the polls to cast their ballot in the national election at Cannon Pavilion on November 8, 2016 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Americans are headed to the polls to vote for either Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump or Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and other members of Congress. /AFP

America voting at last

Democratic presidential nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) and her husband former U.S. President Bill Clinton vote at Douglas Grafflin Elementary School on November 8, 2016 in Chappaqua, New York. Hillary Clinton cast her ballot in the presidential election as the rest of America goes to the polls to decide between her and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. /AFP

America voting at last
Voters wait in line to cast their ballots on November 8, 2016 Kansas City, Missouri. Americans will choose between Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton today as they vote for the next president of the United States. /AFP

America voting at last
Voters turn out to cast their ballots in the presidential election November 8, 2016 in the Bronx Borough of New York City. Polling stations opened Tuesday as the first ballots were cast in the long-awaited election pitting Hillary Clinton against Donald Trump. / AFP PHOTO 

America voting at last

Residents of Mecklenburg County wait in line to cast their ballot in the US presidential election at precinct #109 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Polling stations opened Tuesday as the first ballots were cast in the long-awaited election pitting Hillary Clinton against Donald Trump. / AFP PHOTO

America voting at last

People vote for the next US president in the general election at a polling station in a school gymnasium in New York, November 8, 2016. Polling stations opened Tuesday as the first ballots were cast in the long-awaited election pitting Hillary Clinton against Donald Trump. / AFP PHOTO

America voting at last

New Yorkers wait in line to enter their polling station to vote for the next US president in the general election, in New York, November 8, 2016. Polling stations opened Tuesday as the first ballots were cast in the long-awaited election pitting Hillary Clinton against Donald Trump. / AFP PHOTO

America voting at last

Voters wait in a queue to cast their ballots in the presidential election at a polling station in Christmas, Florida on November 8, 2016. Polling stations opened Tuesday as the first ballots were cast in the long-awaited election pitting Hillary Clinton against Donald Trump. / AFP PHOTO

America voting at last

Hundreds of people crowd a side walk on a main street in downtown Washington, DC waiting to enter a polling station to vote for the next US president in the general election in Washington, DC November 8, 2016. Polling stations opened Tuesday as the first ballots were cast in the long-awaited election pitting Hillary Clinton against Donald Trump. / AFP PHOTO 

America voting at last

People cast their votes for US president November 8, 2016, at Centerville High School, in Centreville, Virginia. Polling stations opened Tuesday as the first ballots were cast in the long-awaited election pitting Hillary Clinton against Donald Trump. / AFP PHOTO 

America voting at last

A voter puts her ballot into a ballot scanner as she casts her vote in a polling place on election day November 8, 2016 in Arlington, Virginia. Americans across the nation make their choice for the next president of the United States today. /AFP

America voting at last

Hundreds of people crowd a side walk on a main street in downtown Washington, DC waiting to enter a polling station to vote for the next US president in the general election in Washington, DC November 8, 2016. Polling stations opened Tuesday as the first ballots were cast in the long-awaited election pitting Hillary Clinton against Donald Trump. / AFP PHOTO

America voting at last

People cast their ballot at Wasatch Elementary school in the presidential election on November 8, 2016 in Provo, Utah. /AFP
America voting at last

After waiting in line for 1.5 hours, Blake Ashe holds her daughter, Julia, 3, as she casts her ballot on election day November 8, 2016 at Grady High School in Atlanta, Georgia. After a contentious campaign season, Americans go to the polls today to choose the next president of the United States. /AFP

America voting at last

Voters cast ballots at Club Lucky Lounge in the 2016 presidential elections in Chicago, Illinois on November 8, 2016. Polling stations opened Tuesday as the first ballots were cast in the long-awaited election pitting Hillary Clinton against Donald Trump. / AFP PHOTO

America voting at last

Voters cast their ballots at voting booths at the Butler Township Garage during Ohio's General Election on November 8, 2016 in Butler Township, Columbiana County, Ohio. This year, roughly 200 million Americans have registered to vote in this years general election between Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. /AFP

America voting at last

People enter a polling location on election day in Dallas, Texas, November 8, 2016. Polling stations opened Tuesday as the first ballots were cast in the long-awaited election pitting Hillary Clinton against Donald Trump. / AFP PHOTO

America voting at last

Lines of voters wrap around the outside of PS198M The Straus School as they wait to cast their ballots on November 8, 2016 in New York City, New York. Americans across the nation are picking their choice for the next president of the United States. /AFP

America voting at last

Voters along with a child cast their ballots on November 8, 2016 in Levasy, Missouri, United States. Americans across the nation are picking their choice for the next president of the United States. /AFP

America voting at last

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump(2nd R) and his wife Melania fill out their ballots at a polling station in a school during the 2016 presidential elections on November 8, 2016 in New York. / AFP PHOTO 

America voting at last

A voter casts his ballot in the US presidential election at a polling station in Temple City, California, on November 8, 2016. / AFP PHOTO 

America voting at last

Voters line up to cast their ballots at a polling station in Arcadia, California, on November 8, 2016. / AFP PHOTO