US Voters Head to Polls in Crucial Midterm Elections
Voting started at 6 am local time (1100GMT) in New York, Connecticut, New Jersey and Virginia, as well as parts of Indiana and Kentucky.
Stations in North Carolina, Ohio and West Virginia followed, opening at 6.30 am Eastern time (1130GMT).
A wider group of polling locations began operating at 1200GMT. These included stations opening at 7 am Eastern time in Delaware, Washington, DC, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, most of Rhode Island and South Carolina, along with eastern areas of Florida and Michigan. Polling also started at 6 am Central time in Illinois, Louisiana, Missouri and western sections of Indiana and Kentucky.
By 1300GMT, voting had commenced at 7 am Central time in Alabama, Iowa, Minnesota, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Wisconsin, as well as parts of Florida, Kansas, Michigan, North Dakota, South Dakota and Texas. Arizona polling stations also opened at 6 am Mountain time.
In Maine, polling locations in municipalities with populations of at least 500 were operating by 8 am local time, while the remaining stations were scheduled to open as late as 10 am.
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