USA Decides: First polling centers opened

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The first polling stations in the United States opened this Tuesday at 5:00 am (local time), thus beginning an election day that will be close to say the least. The contenders in this battle at the polls are the current vice president, Kamala Harris for the Democrats and former President Donald Trump for the Republicans. teleSUR

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00:00Let's take a look at the opening hours of polling stations in the U.S. for this presidential

00:04election, which vary by state and municipality, but as a general rule, they open between 6

00:08a.m. and 8 p.m. local time.

00:10More than 240 million people are eligible to vote in this presidential election, held

00:15every four years, on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, which will also

00:20include elections for the House of Representatives and one-third of the Senate.

00:24Among the first citizens to cast their ballots were residents of Vermont, who could do so

00:28as early as 5 a.m. in some parts of the state.

00:32This year, only seven swing states with very narrow margins of victory are the focus of

00:35the campaigns—Georgia, Arizona, North Carolina, Nevada, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.

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