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PICS: Queues as people line up to cast their votes in US election

Some voters complained of queues and delays after polls opened at 6AM, while others expressed relief at being able to vote in storm-ravaged areas.

Image: Gerry Broome/AP/Press Association Images

PEOPLE HAVE STARTED casting their votes in the 2012 US Presidential elections, after polls began opening around the country.

In Virginia, polls opened at 6am, with the Times-Dispatch reporting that people had complained about long lines at two of the Richmond precincts.

Some voters complained about problems checking in voters, while others said lines were at a standstill. Voting concludes at 7pm.

In New Jersey, meanwhile, one polling station opened 40 minutes late, the International News reports. There are a number of makeshift polling stations set up in New Jersey after it was badly struck by Superstorm Sandy last week.

Voter turnout was heavy in several of the storm-ravaged Jersey Shore towns, with many voters expressing relief at being able to vote at all, said AP.

If you’re going to be watching the US election as it unfolds later today, here’s our handy guide to what you need to know.

PICS: Queues as people line up to cast their votes in US election
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  • Kaine 2012

    Democratic Senate candidate, former Governor Timothy Kaine, talks to voters as he waits in line to vote in Richmond, Virginia, on Election Day. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
  • New Jersey Votes

    Election workers arrive at set up at Memorial Elementary School in Little Ferry, NJ, to start Election Day. The school is hosting the all districts in town because the nearby Washington Elementary School is still without power following Superstorm Sandy. Most of the town is still without power. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
  • America Votes

    Voters stand in line before the sun rises to cast their votes at a polling precinct at the Wake County Firearms Education and Training Center in Apex, NC, on Election Day. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
  • America Votes

    Under the lights of a generator, voters wait in line outside of a tent serving as a polling site in the Midland Beach section of Staten Island, New York, on Election Day. The original polling site, a school, was damaged by Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
  • America Votes

    Cathy Schleupner exits the polling place in snowy Terra Alta, West Virginia, after casting her ballot on Election Day. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
  • Kaine 2012

    Democratic Senate candidate, former Governor Timothy Kaine, left, talks to voters as he waits in line to vote on Election Day in Richmond, Virginia. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
  • America Votes

    People stand in line to cast their votes on Election Day as the polls opened at a precinct at the Wake County Firearms Education and Training Center in Apex, NC. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
  • America Votes

    Darryl Williams waits to vote inside at the 24-hour Su Nueva Laundromat in Chicago's 13th Ward on Election Day. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
  • New Jersey Votes

    People walk through a makeshift shelter in a gymnasium at Toms River East High School as they arrive to vote today in Toms River, NJ. Voter turnout was heavy in several storm-ravaged Jersey Shore towns, with many voters expressing relief and even elation at being able to vote at all, considering the devastation. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
  • America Votes

    A voter casts his ballot in the Town Hall on Election Day today in Calais, Vermont. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)
  • America Votes

    Voters line up to cast their ballots in the Town Hall on Election Day today in Calais, Vermont. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

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