Long lines at the polls on Election Day as Trump and Harris voters battle weather and outages at some polling locations
LONG lines, severe weather, and potential Election Day blackouts have threatened polling sites nationwide as Americans get set to cast their ballots for the next United States president.
Polling sites across the East Coast have opened their doors to eligible voters hours after former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris made their final pitch to undecided voters in their closing arguments on Monday evening.
Aerial photos showed a line that stretched a block at The Coliseum polling site in St. Petersburg, Florida, early Monday.
In two battleground states, photos showed dozens of voters waiting in line at polling sites in Oakmont, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh, and Smyrna, Georgia, about 17 miles northwest of Atlanta.
Meanwhile, technical issues with voting machines in Louisiana and Indiana impacted voters planning to cast their ballots before work.
Voting machines for last names L-Z were down for nearly an hour at the Zachary Branch Library in Zachary, Louisiana, 16 miles north of Baton Rouge, CBS affiliate WAFB reported.
And in Hamilton County, Indiana, about 40 minutes north of Indianapolis, poll workers encountered technical issues with their tablets at several polling locations, according to Fox affiliate WXIN.
The issue was resolved at all polling sites about 20 minutes later after the locations received a new code for the machines.
Across Central Pennsylvania, voters began flagging issues with voting machines early Tuesday, claiming their ballots were not being read, according to ABC affiliate WTAJ-TV.
Residents in Houston, Texas, and St. Louis County, Missouri, awoke to heavy rainfall as voters headed out to cast their ballots at their nearest polling site.
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