Americans were voting in large numbers on Tuesday in one of the most divisive bitter presidential elections in decades in which incumbent Republican Donald Trump is challenged by Democrat Joe Biden. IMAGE: People line up outside a polling station during the Election Day in Houston, Texas. Photograph: Go Nakamura/Reuters Amidst a resurgent COVID-19 pandemic, nearly 100 million people have already cast their ballots in early voting, putting the country on course for its highest turnout in a century. Some 239 million people are eligible to vote this year. The mail-in ballots could take days or weeks to be counted in some states — meaning a winner might not be declared in the hours after polls close on Tuesday. Biden has pocketed his first election victory by winning all five votes of a small New Hampshire town that’s always quick to declare its result. The outcome in Dixville Notch on the US-Canada border was revealed just after midnight on Tuesday, marking 60 years since the tradition began. Meanwhile in Millsfield, 20 km to the south, President Trump won 16 votes to Biden’s five. IMAGE: Voters line up at a polling station during the election in Columbus, Ohio. Photograph: Megan Jelinger/Reuters Election… Read full this story
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