Tens of millions of Americans set out on Tuesday, Election Day, to cast their ballots in the contentious presidential election, most for either Republican nominee Donald Trump or his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton.
By midnight, Trump was ahead of Clinton with a few battleground states still in play: Nevada, New Hampshire, Michigan and Pennsylvania among them.
Many voters had ventured into classrooms and places of worship, having waited minutes or hours in lines that snaked out the doors and along sidewalks or city streets.
A smaller majority, however, found themselves at ballot boxes in a variety of odd locations. Here, after all the polls had closed, is a selection of some of the weirdest polling stations across the country: from a laundromat in Chicago and a garage in Philadelphia to a Mexican restaurant in Los Angeles and a Ford dealership in Ohio.
People cast their votes at Echo Park Pool on Nov. 8, 2016, in Los Angeles. Jae C. Hong—APJocelyn Hernandez watches her mother Gabrele, vote at the Su Nueva Lavenderia on Nov. 8, 2016, in Chicago.Charles Rex Arbogast—APVoters cast their ballots in a polling location inside Mike's TV and Appliance Nov. 8, 2016 in State College, Pennsylvania.Jeff Swensen—Getty ImagesVoters cast their ballot in the U.S. presidential election at Marie's Golden Cue on Nov. 8, 2016, in Chicago.Jim Young—ReutersA voter casts his ballot inside the garage of Chobert Decorators during the U.S. presidential election on Nov. 8, 2016, in in Philadelphia.Charles Mostoller—ReutersVoters cast ballots at the Swedish American Museum in the 2016 presidential elections on Nov. 8, 2016, in Chicago.
Tasos Katopodis—AFP/Getty ImagesDemocratic polling judge John Ramirez, right, is reflected in a mirror as he assists a voter as she fills out her ballot at Delia's Beauty Salon on Nov. 8, 2016, in Chicago. Charles Rex Arbogast—APVoters cast their ballots at the Donnell Ford car dealership on Nov. 8, 2016 in Salem, Ohio. Ty Wright—Getty ImagesVoters cast their ballots under a mural depicting rural Mexico at the El Mercadito Mariachi restaurant polling location on Nov. 8, 2016, in Los Angeles. Eugene Garcia—EPALibby Benedict, right, votes at the Neptune Society Columbarium as her dog, Stella, looks on, on Nov. 8, 2016, in San Francisco. Eric Risberg—AP
