WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — In addition to California, the most populous state, polls also opened in Idaho and Nevada. They are to be followed by Alaska at 11 a.m. and Hawaii at noon EST.
8 November 2016, 14:39 GMT
Elsewhere in the country, the first polls are scheduled to close in Indiana and Kentucky at 6 p.m. EST, with initial election results expected to start arriving soon after.
The last scheduled poll closings are in western Alaska, at 1 a.m. EST on Wednesday.
Voters in the United States on Tuesday are electing the nation’s 45th president, all 438 members of the House of Representatives, one-third of the Senate’s 100 seats, legislators in 44 states, governors in 12 states, and a host of local officials.
