Welcome to the /r/politics 2016 Election Day Megathread! There is so much more to today than just Clinton v. Trump. The future direction of US Politics will be greatly influenced by the results of today’s elections all over the ballot.

• /r/politics is hosting a couple of Reddit Live threads today. The first thread will be the highlights of today and will be moderated by us personally. The second thread will be hosted by us with the assistance of a variety of guest contributors. This second thread will be much heavier commentary, busier and more in-depth. So pick your poison and follow along with us!

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• See our /r/politics events calendar for upcoming AMAs, debates, and other events.

Who/What’s on the Ballot?

• US President and Vice President (1 seat)

• US Senate (34 seats)

• US House of Representatives (all 435 seats)

• State Governors (12 seats), Lt. Governors (9 seats) and other State Executives (72 seats)

• State Senate (1,212 seats, 87% of total)

• State House (4,711 seats, 80.2% of total)

• State Judicial (63 seats) and Local Judicial (3,722 seats)

• City/County Government and School Boards

• Various State and Local Measures (162 state ballot measures)

Election Day Resources

• Where To Vote

• Who to Vote For

• Candidate’s Stances

• State-by-State Time Off to Vote Laws

Schedule

Polls will open on the East Coast as early as 6am EST and the final polls will close in Alaska at 9pm AKST (1am EST). Depending on how close certain elections are, this could make for a very late evening. Note: This is specifically for state polls. US territories have different poll times.

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Megathread Topic

The point of this megathread (that will be stickied all day) is to serve as the hub for both general Election Day and US Presidential discussion. More targeted discussion will occur in each state’s associated thread. These threads will serve for discussion of all local and state specific elections. This will ideally help make the discussion much more accessible for all those interested in these races.

• State Links: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington (state), Washington D.C., West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming and U.S. Territories.

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Previous Megathreads

• Election Day Eve

• 4am EST

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^{Procedural Note: A new megathread will be posted every 3 hours throughout Election Day. Once the state returns begin at 6pm EST we will switch our mega threads to a much more fast changing schedule and will update every 10k comments. This is being done to allow for clean loading threads and up to date discussion. Each of our previous megathreads will be linked in the current mega thread.}