Election Day 2012: Voters cast ballots
Voters across the country go to the polls on Election Day 2012.
Ten voters in the tiny village of Dixville Notch, N.H., cast the first Election Day votes of the 2012 general elections. President Barack Obama and GOP nominee Mitt Romney tied with five votes each. The town has opened its polls shortly after midnight each Election Day since 1960, but the tie was the first in its history.
Ten voters in the tiny village of Dixville Notch, N.H., cast the first Election Day votes of the 2012 general elections. President Barack Obama and GOP nominee Mitt Romney tied with five votes each. The town has opened its polls shortly after midnight each Election Day since 1960, but the tie was the first in its history.
Vice President Joe Biden casts his ballot in Wilmington, Del.
Voters wait in line to vote at Harrison United Methodist Church during the U.S. presidential election in Pineville, N.C.
Voter Troy Brewer, left, casts his paper ballot by inserting it into a machine that scans the ballots as poll worker Robert Carrick, right, looks on at the Providence Volunteer Fire Department during the U.S. presidential election in Matthews, N.C.
A man votes in a polling site built to service residents of the Queens borough neighborhoods of Breezy Point and the Rockaways, whose original site was damaged during Superstorm Sandy, during the U.S. presidential election in New York.
Voters cast their ballots in a polling site built to service residents of the Queens borough neighborhoods of Breezy Point and the Rockaways whose original site was damaged during Superstorm Sandy in New York.
People wait in line to vote at a fire station near downtown, during the U.S. presidential election in Miami.
People wait in line to vote at a fire station near downtown, during the U.S. presidential election in Miami.
People vote at Holy Cross School during the U.S. presidential election in Indianapolis.
Mitt and Ann Romney cast their votes in Belmont, Mass.
U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan casts his vote in Janesville, Wis.
Orange County, Fla., voters stand in line at Precinct #325 during a light rain. The average wait time to vote is one hour.
A security guard shouts directions at people waiting in a line wrapping around a building to vote in the U.S. presidential election, outside a polling station at John Jay College in New York.
A man carries his dog as he waits in line to turn in his ballot during the U.S. presidential election at a polling station set up for those affected by Superstorm Sandy, in an art gallery at John Jay College, in New York.
A Chicago voter casts her vote with her two children at a polling place in a U.S. cellular store during the U.S. presidential election in Chicago.
Cooks Horacio Contrares and Juan Carvantes, right, look on as voters cast their ballots at Taquerias Los Comales in Chicago during the U.S. presidential election.
A child peeks from a voting booth as voters cast their ballots for the U.S. presidential election at the Mummers museum in Philadelphia.
Having voted early in October, President Barack
Residents of Rosslyn, a neighborhood in Arlington, Va., stand in long lines to vote, some waiting more than 2 1/2 hours.
Residents of Rosslyn, a neighborhood in Arlington, Va., stand in long lines to vote, some waiting more than 2 1/2 hours.
Surfer Mike Wegart, second left, votes during the U.S. presidential election at the Venice Beach lifeguard station in Los Angeles.
A woman votes at a temple in the Mission District during the U.S. presidential election in San Francisco.
Voters cast their vote at a billiards hall during the U.S. presidential election in Chicago.
A voter walks past an American flag on a ladder as he heads to the garage of Tom and Carol Marshall, which was converted into a polling location during the U.S. presidential election in Los Angeles.
Charles Durham votes at the Gordies Foundation Barber School during the U.S. presidential election at Sam's Auto Sales in Chicago.
Antonio Reives waits for his mother to finish voting during the U.S. presidential election in Las Vegas.
