The US presidential election in November is just over six weeks away. With in-person voting kicking off in three states on Friday, some voters have gotten a head start in casting their ballots.
Residents of Virginia started lining up to vote as the polls opened early in the morning.
A woman at one polling site said, “I just came from exercise, and I was so pleased that we have early voting.”
A man said: “I don’t want anybody not to vote. No vote for anybody is not good for our country, so I hope everybody gets out and votes.”
Virginia, Minnesota and South Dakota are the first states in the country to allow in-person early voting. About a dozen more will follow by mid-October.
Both the Republican nominee, former President Donald Trump, and his Democratic challenger, Vice President Kamala Harris, are ramping up rallies and other events to energize their bases as Election Day closes in.
An average of national polls compiled by the group RealClearPolitics shows a tight race, with Harris at 49.3 percent support and Trump 47.4 percent as of September 19.