The final day of voting in the US is here, after tens of millions have already cast their ballots


Voters cast their ballots on Election Day, inside the City of Detroit Department of Elections in Detroit on Tuesday, Nov. 5 2024. (Jacob Hamilton/Ann Arbor News via AP)

WASHINGTON (AP) - Election Day voting was underway across much of the US on Tuesday (Nov 5) morning after tens of millions of Americans had already cast their ballots. Those early votes included record numbers in Georgia, North Carolina and other battleground states that could decide the winner.

The early turnout in Georgia, which has flipped between the Republican and Democratic nominees in the previous two presidential elections, has been so robust - over 4 million voters - that a top official in the secretary of state's office said the big day could look like a "ghost town” at the polls.

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