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Elections

Photos: See what Election Day looked like across the country

NPR

By NPR Staff

Published November 5, 2024 at 6:39 PM EST

Scanner printouts from every ballot scanner in every precinct in Fulton County are displayed at the election hub in Atlanta, Ga.

The final day of election season is coming to an end as polling stations around the U.S. close. The race between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris remains statistically close.

NPR's final national NPR/PBS News/Marist poll found that Vice President Kamala Harris narrowly leads former President Donald Trump among likely voters, fueled by white, college-educated voters, Black voters and Latinos.

Some of NPR’s member station photographers spent the day documenting Americans casting their votes in what could be a historic election.

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Members of the Staten Island Republican Party hold signage in support of Republican Presidential candidate Donald J. Trump for drivers passing by in Staten Island, NY.

Iris and Burt Foster take a selfie after voting Dr. Henry A. Wise, Jr., High School in Upper Marlboro, Md. — A crowd watches election results on Valencia Street near Manny’s in San Francisco on Tuesday.

A line forms outside of the Ruiz Branch of the Austin Public Library to vote in Austin, Texas.

Voters drop off their ballots on Election Day at City Hall in San Francisco, Calif.

Carmen Lopez prepares to fill out her ballot on Election Day at City Hall in San Francisco, Calif.

Voters cast their ballot at VFW Post 738 with the state Capitol building in view in Des Moines, Iowa.

St. Louis County voting stickers are laid out for voters at Holy Name Community Center in Bellefontaine Neighbors, Mo.

At Waterbury City Hall, Joanna Dvorchak (left) and Rosemary Delano (right) hand count ballots that didn’t read in the tabulator machine the evening of Election Day in Waterbury, Conn.

Voters arrive at Calhoun Community Center on Election Day morning to cast their ballots, with poll workers assisting with check-in and directions in Richmond, Va.

Patti Gorman, dressed as lady liberty, talks with her former Seattle Central student, Afrikaan Sahra, right, as voters cast their ballots outside of Seattle Central College in Capitol Hill. Sahra is voting for the first time after receiving U.S. citizenship.

Voters check in and head to voting booths at the Charlestown Boys and Girls Club in Charlestown, Mass.

Iris and Burt Foster take a selfie after voting Dr. Henry A. Wise, Jr., High School in Upper Marlboro, Md.

People dance during the election night square dance in Townshend, Vt.

Adam Powell, 45, casts his ballot during the General Election at Holy Name Community Center in Bellefontaine Neighbors, Mo. A power outage at the polling site caused staff to run off of lanterns and generators.

Voters wait in a long line down a spiral staircase before the polls open at 7 a.m. at the Charlestown Boys and Girls Club in Boston, Mass.

Attendees react as a race is predicted for Trump during the Travis County Democratic Party’s Election Night watch party in Austin, Texas.

Ballots move through a signature verification system at the Multnomah County Elections Division office in Portland, Ore.

Voters cast their ballots at Robious Elementary School in Chesterfield County, Va.

Richmond residents cast their votes at Fire Station #15 during the morning hours on Tuesday in Richmond, Va.

Residents of the Jackson Heights neighborhood anxiously look on for the evening’s election results during an election night watch party in Terraza 7 in Queens in New York City.

Elections

NPR Staff