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A sign erected by a community group called Rebuild Rockaway shows voting locations in the Rockaway neighborhoods of the borough of Queens, New York, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. Election officials are ordering generators, moving voting locations and figuring out how to transport poll workers displaced from coastal areas as Tuesday’s presidential election became the latest challenge for states whacked by Superstorm Sandy. The storm, which devastated East Coast communities with power outages, flooding and snow, had already disrupted early voting in parts of Maryland, West Virginia, New Jersey and North Carolina. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle
15:02 On Tuesday Romney is to hit the campaign trail again with events in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Cleveland, Ohio, before holding an election night rally in Boston. Obama will hold his own election night rally at a convention centre in Chicago.
Obama has already voted in his adopted hometown of Chicago, becoming the first sitting presidential candidate ever to vote early. Romney cast his own ballot in Belmont, Massachusetts, shortly before 0900 local time.
14:57 Polling stations will begin closing in eastern states at 19:00 EST (00:00 GMT).
14:56 Millions of Americans are voting on whether to re-elect President Barack Obama or choose Mitt Romney, with polls suggesting the rivals are almost neck-and-neck.
08:30 Tens of millions of Americans head to the polls on Tuesday to decide whether to re-elect President Barack Obama or hand the job to Republican Mitt Romney. The voting ends a hard-fought race that began nearly two years ago and has cost more than $2bn. Polls will begin closing in eastern states at 19:00 EST (00:00 GMT) – a winner could be known by midnight.Polls show the race is neck and neck, although the president holds a slender polling lead in crucial swing states.
08:25 GMT (06/11/2012)
U.S. President Barack Obama receives assistance from a poll worker as he casts his vote early at the Martin Luther King Community Center in Chicago, Illinois October 25, 2012. Photo: Reuters
18:45 The race has been most intense in Ohio – no Republican has ever made it to the White House without winning there. Romney would become the first Mormon president of the US if he wins on Tuesday. The former Massachusetts governor was first to hit the campaign trail on Monday, telling cheering supporters in Florida: “The people of the world are watching, the people of America are watching.
18:45 (05/11/2012) US presidential rivals Barack Obama and Mitt Romney face a final sprint across swing states for undecided voters, on their last day of campaigning. Romney is in Florida, where polls suggest he has the edge, and will head to Virginia, New Hampshire and Ohio. Obama is appearing in Madison, Wisconsin, accompanied by Bruce Springsteen, before going on to Iowa and Ohio. Analysts say the election will come down to a handful of swing states.
Obama and Mr Romney are running almost neck-and-neck in national polls, in a campaign that has cost more than $2bn. But surveys of the nine-or-so battleground states that will determine the election show Obama narrowly ahead.
09: 07 Just 48 hours before election day, the race for the White House is tied, with both President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney receiving 48 per cent support among likely votes, a new poll has found. The latest ABC News/Washington Post survey also showed on Sunday that even independents, whose decision can push one of the candidates over the top, are now evenly divided: 46 per cent favour Obama and 46 per cent Romney. Even the candidates’ likability ratings, where the president used to lead by a wide margin, have practically evened out. Fifty-four per cent of likely voters now express a favourable opinion of Obama while 53 per cent do the same about Romney.
09:06 GMT (04/11/2012): The US presidential candidates are heading into the final two days of campaigning with the outcome still too close to call. Republican Mitt Romney will campaign in Iowa, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia, while Barack Obama heads for New Hampshire, Florida, Ohio and Colorado. Both candidates addressed large rallies on Saturday in key swing states. The latest ABC News/Washington Post survey suggests the pair are level with 48% of support.
12:44 The US presidential election rivals are beginning a crucial swing through key battleground states that will determine who wins next Tuesday. Obama campaigns in Ohio, Wisconsin, Iowa and Virginia on Saturday, while Mitt Romney targets New Hampshire, Iowa and Colorado. Both candidates will visit the Iowa town of Dubuque within hours. Opinion polls suggest the rivals are almost tied, although Obama is slightly ahead in most swing states.
11:41: Mitt Romney and President Obama entered the final weekend before Election Day battling over the issue at the center of their race for the White House