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# See All the Interesting Places People Voted on Super Tuesday

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Mar 1, 2016 8:34 PM UTC

![Voters place their ballots in the gymnasium at Saint Philip AME church on Super Tuesday in Atlanta.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt85b6fabbefed20b7/69887fc70b72e340f06e85c3/timepol-election-2016-primary-super-tuesday-voting-021.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=3:2)

Voters place their ballots in the gymnasium at Saint Philip AME church on Super Tuesday in Atlanta.

Voters place their ballots in the gymnasium at Saint Philip AME church on Super Tuesday in Atlanta. Tami Chappell—AFP/Getty Images

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## TIME Photo


Mar 1, 2016 8:34 PM UTC

![A voter casts a ballot in Georgia's primary election at a polling site in a firehouse, seen under the opening for a slide pole, on Tuesday, March 1, 2016, in Atlanta.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4691863251de0cf9/69887fc6a988ca29c16b6cef/timepol-election-2016-primary-super-tuesday-voting-011.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

A voter casts a ballot in Georgia's primary election at a polling site in a firehouse, seen under the opening for a slide pole, on Tuesday, March 1, 2016, in Atlanta. David Goldman—AP

![Voters place their ballots in the gymnasium at Saint Philip AME church on Super Tuesday in Atlanta.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt85b6fabbefed20b7/69887fc70b72e340f06e85c3/timepol-election-2016-primary-super-tuesday-voting-021.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

Voters place their ballots in the gymnasium at Saint Philip AME church on Super Tuesday in Atlanta. Tami Chappell—AFP/Getty Images

![Nina Ward and her dog Leo wait in line with other voters at Arlington County Fire Station 10 during Super Tuesday votingin Arlington, Va.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt436952a003b56aa5/69887fc70a4a2269049c89d4/timepol-election-2016-primary-super-tuesday-voting-031.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

Nina Ward and her dog Leo wait in line with other voters at Arlington County Fire Station 10 during Super Tuesday votingin Arlington, Va. Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images

![Volunteer election clerk Allie Green Jr. searches for places to post voting signs outside of supermarket polling location in Austin, Texas on Tuesday.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9da977025e22a459/69887fc7196cf4266303a917/timepol-election-2016-primary-super-tuesday-voting-041.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

Volunteer election clerk Allie Green Jr. searches for places to post voting signs outside of supermarket polling location in Austin, Texas on Tuesday. Tamir Kalifa—AP

![Virginia residents wait in line in the pre-dawn hours to vote in the Virginia primary at a historic property called the Hunter House at Nottoway Park in Vienna, Va.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltffb521f44155584b/69887fc8cd1bbab5e36ffa3c/timepol-election-2016-primary-super-tuesday-voting-051.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

Virginia residents wait in line in the pre-dawn hours to vote in the Virginia primary at a historic property called the Hunter House at Nottoway Park in Vienna, Va. Jim Lo Scalzo—EPA


![A man casts his ballot at a polling center in Edmond, Okla. on March 1.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt17be187115f32cc8/69887fc90b72e378506e85c7/timepol-election-2016-primary-super-tuesday-voting-061.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

A man casts his ballot at a polling center in Edmond, Okla. on March 1. J Pat Carter—EPA

![As Super Tuesday gets under way in United States presidential primary race, an American voter casts his ballot in Edinburgh, Scotland in the global presidential primary.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4e24bc7f384aac0c/69887fc9196cf408a103a91c/timepol-election-2016-primary-super-tuesday-voting-071.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

As Super Tuesday gets under way in United States presidential primary race, an American voter casts his ballot in Edinburgh, Scotland in the global presidential primary, a Democratic effort that allows Americans overseas to help choose delegates. Ken Jack —Alamy

![A voter fills out her ballot at Northwest Christian Church on Super Tuesday in Oklahoma City.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8676aa1b46bddce6/69887fc9196cf47e5303a920/timepol-election-2016-primary-super-tuesday-voting-081.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

A voter fills out her ballot at Northwest Christian Church on Super Tuesday in Oklahoma City. Nick Oxford—Reuters


![Poll worker John Mayrand mans a manual, crank operated ballot box on March 1 in Montague, Mass.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9254e519d5c93479/69887fca3c163980c845c3fa/timepol-election-2016-primary-super-tuesday-voting-091.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

Poll worker John Mayrand mans a manual, crank operated ballot box on March 1 in Montague, Mass. Matthew Cavanaugh—Getty Images

![People vote in a church being used as a polling station on Tuesday, March 1, 2016 in Ferrisburgh, Vt.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf17ac5eccbde417a/69887fca0a4a2271739c89dc/timepol-election-2016-primary-super-tuesday-voting-101.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

People vote in a church being used as a polling station on Tuesday, March 1, 2016 in Ferrisburgh, Vt. Spencer Platt—Getty Images

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