Stay tuned: Live updates on today’s 2024 presidential elections

Hundreds, thousands (and it will be millions) of Americans are approaching polling places this Tuesday to exercise their right to vote. Each state has its own schedules and requirements, some even have different opening hours depending on the area.

At VOZ we offer you a guide to reliable sources for when and how to vote.

The arrival at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is being played in the state of Pennsylvania. This is what polls and experts have been anticipating, which also showed an even scenario in which every vote counts.

Both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump went to Pennsylvania in the last hours to try to tilt the swing state in their favor. For this, the Latino vote and the counties of Northampton and Erie will be key.

New Jersey ballots began being filled out at 6 am. They will close at 8 pm. Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are competing here for 14 electors, although both polls and historical results (Democratic candidates have always won since 1992) predict a victory for the vice-president.

Local authorities made a tool available to voters to consult where and when to vote.

Vermont voters were among the first to access the polls, which will close at 7 pm.

In addition to voting for president, they must elect a representative and a senator. The local authorities to be elected are governor, vice-governor (elected separately) and attorney general.

Vermont Secretary of State Copeland Hanzas shared a map where you can check the schedule and location of each polling place. Consult it here.

As of the day before polls opened, more than 82 million people cast their ballots early across the country, according to the University of Florida's Election Lab tracker. 

Of those, more than 44 million chose to turn out in person, while more than 37 million did so by mail.

Learn about this voter profile...and why these numbers bode well for Republicans.

The small New Hampshire town of Dixville Notch fulfilled its tradition of starting the count at midnight, throwing out its results just 10 minutes after Election Day began: three for Kamala Harris, three for Donald Trump. Absolute parity.

However, from the Republican camp they read the result as a good omen. The northern locals overwhelmingly opted for the blue ticket the last two elections, giving five out of five votes to Joe Biden in 2020 and four out of seven to Hillary Clinton in 2016.

Electors hold a crucial role in the American electoral system, as they have the final say in choosing the president. Although it is considered a mere formality, since they are chosen by the parties and the ballot boxes determine how many of each will deposit the name of a candidate in the electoral college, on as many as 90 occasions they have voted for a different candidate, which is known as a faithless elector. 

The last case, in 2016, when eight Democrats rejected Hillary Clinton and two Republicans rejected Donald Trump. In an election as polarized and evenly matched as this one, the possibility that a voter decides to betray his or her political formation can mean the triumph of the adversary.


Learn the history of faithless pledges and how parties are trying to diminish their risk.