Polls open in pivotal US presidential election
AFP
08 November, 2016, 19:37
Update: 08 November, 2016, 19:37
People check in with election officials before casting their vote at a polling station located at Trump Place on 8 November 2016 in New York. Photo: AFP
Washington, United States: Polling stations opened Tuesday as the first ballots were cast in the long-awaited election pitting Hillary Clinton against Donald Trump.
Voters in nine states got first crack at electing the new president, with the rest of the country due to get started later in the day.
The polls were open in Connecticut, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Vermont and Virginia.