--- title: Election Day 2016: When Is Election Day, How to Vote description: Election Day is just around the corner—here's everything you need to know about how to register and cast your vote canonical: https://time.com/4531460/election-day-2016/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-14T17:38:53.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-07T06:50:48.761Z article:section: Politics og:title: Here's Everything You Need to Know About Election Day og:description: Nov. 8 is just around the corner og:url: https://time.com/4531460/election-day-2016/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta9df8475d57bd383/6988aa0ce20a87cf9ca92c9e/trump-clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: TOPSHOT-US-VOTE-TRUMP-CLINTON og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's Everything You Need to Know About Election Day twitter:description: Nov. 8 is just around the corner twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta9df8475d57bd383/6988aa0ce20a87cf9ca92c9e/trump-clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's Everything You Need to Know About Election Day 2016 > Sponsored content. 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Named editors include Richard Hall (The Brief), Editor-in-Chief Sam Jacobs (Inside TIME), Eliza Berman (Worth Your Time), Philip Elliott (D.C. Brief), Justin Worland (Future Proof) and Harry Booth (In the Loop). Health Matters is written by TIME's health desk. #### How do I sign up for a TIME newsletter? Go to time.com/newsletters, choose the newsletters you want and enter your email address. There is no cost and no subscription requirement. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-network-2026q3/newsletters?i=89cb1415-4e6b-4827-b915-44109c15a80e&cr=time-nl-network-2026q3-v1) ## Video: The Biggest Moments from the Second Presidential Debate [Watch (HLS stream): The Biggest Moments from the Second Presidential Debate](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/0oFylqsH.m3u8) (3:19)  _Published 2016-10-10. The two candidates face off in the second of three presidential debates._ by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Oct 14, 2016 5:38 PM UTC The two candidates face off in the second of three presidential debates. by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Oct 14, 2016 5:38 PM UTC With [Election Day](http://time.com/4521253/why-election-day-tuesday/) coming up soon, many Americans are wondering about the basics of registering to vote, hitting the polls and casting a ballot in the presidential race, which pits Republican [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4531408/donald-trump-voters-guide/) against Democrat [Hillary Clinton](http://time.com/4527825/poll-hillary-clinton-donald-trump-post-debate/). Here are answers to some of those questions: **When Is Election Day?** Election Day is on Tuesday, Nov. 8 this year. **How Do You Register to Vote?** Each state has different [registration deadlines](http://time.com/4443588/register-vote-voter-state-laws/) and requirements, but a simple Google search of [“how to vote”](http://time.com/4452833/search-how-to-vote-google/) will point you in the right direction, as the search engine has added an enhanced voter registration feature. **Where Is Your Nearest Polling Place?** Searching [“where to vote”](https://blog.google/products/search/get-polling-place-and-ballot-information-quickly-and-easily/) on Google will point you to your nearest polling place, thanks to another enhanced search feature. **Do You Need to Bring Anything to the Polls?** It depends on the state, but check with your local secretary of state or elections board. Many states require voters to carry a form of photo identification with them to the polls. **If the Election Were Held Today, Who Would Win?** Clinton is currently ahead of Trump, based on electoral projections that use the latest state-by-state polling data. You can view a map of those projections [here](http://time.com/4508467/election-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-map/). ## Transcript [00:00] [ APPLAUSE ] [00:03] Hello. [00:06] Hello. [00:09] Certainly, I'm not proud of it. But this is lock- a- room [00:12] talk, you know. When we have a world. Where you have [00:14] Isis chopping off heads, where you have, and frankly [00:18] drowning people in steel cages, where you have wars [00:22] and horrible, horrible sights all over. I think it's clear to [00:25] anyone who heard it that it represents exactly who he [00:29] is, because we've seen this throughout the campaign. [00:33] We have seen him insult women. We've seen [00:37] him rate women on their appearance, ranking [00:42] them from one to ten. We've seen him embarrass [00:46] women on TV and on Twitter. It's just words folks. [00:50] It's just words. If I win, I am going to instruct [00:54] my Attorney General. To get a special prosecutor [00:59] to look into your situation. Our intelligence community [01:02] just came out and said in the last few days that the [01:07] Kremlin, meaning Putin and the Russian government, [01:10] are directing the attacks, the hacking, [01:15] on American accounts to influence our election. And [01:20] believe me, they're not doing it to get me elected. To [01:23] solve a problem, you have to be able to state what the [01:26] problem is, or at least say the name. She won't say the [01:30] name and President Obama won't say the name. But [01:33] the name is there. It's radical Islamic terror. It's [01:37] also very shortsighted and even dangerous. To be [01:41] engaging in the kind of demagogic rhetoric that Donald [01:44] has about Muslims. It is sort of amusing to hear [01:47] somebody who hasn't paid federal income taxes in [01:50] maybe 20 years talking about what he's going to do, [01:52] but I'll tell you what he's going to do. His plan will give [01:56] the wealthy and corporations The biggest tax cuts [02:00] they've ever had. Did you use that $ 960 million loss to [02:04] avoid paying personal federal income taxes for- Of [02:06] course I do! Of course I do! And so do all of her [02:09] donors, or most of her donors. I know many of her [02:11] donors, her donors took massive tax write- offs. [02:15] [ CROSSTALK ] Personal federal income tax- A lot of [02:17] my write- off was depreciation and other things that [02:19] Hillary, as a senator, allowed. Russia hasn't paid any [02:23] attention to ISIS. They're interested in keeping Assad in [02:26] power. You're two minutes is up. I don't like Assad at [02:29] all, but Assad is killing ISIS. Russia is [02:33] killing ISIS. And Iran is killing ISIS. And those [02:37] three have now lined up Because of our weak foreign [02:40] policy. Would either of you name one [02:44] positive thing that you respect in one another. [02:48] [ LAUGH ] [02:52] [ APPLAUSE ] Look, I respect his children. His children [02:57] are incredibly able And devoted, [03:01] and I think that says a lot about Donald. I will say this [03:05] about Hillary, she doesn't quit, she doesn't give up. I [03:09] respect that. [ APPLAUSE ] And that's it, the 90 minute [03:12] debate is now over. History has been made. 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