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IN PHOTOS: America VOTES for its next president

Last updated on: November 7, 2012 05:00 IST

We present a collection of photographs of the polling day hustle bustle in the United States of America.

In this photograph, people vote during the US presidential election at a displaced polling center in the Coney Island section of Brooklyn, New York.

All the polling sites in Coney Island and the surrounding area were damaged during Hurricane Sandy.

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America VOTES for its next president

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People are seen near a polling booth at a police station Union Beach in New Jersey, one of the worst-Hurricane Sandy hit areas.

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Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney thanks workers at a campaign call center during the U.S. presidential election in Green Tree, Pennsylvania.

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US President Barack Obama makes a phone call to a volunteer for his campaign during a visit to a campaign office in Chicago, on election day .

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A lot many unusual places -- from casinos to launderettes -- have been used as polling stations in US this time around. In this picture, Chicago voter Barbra Hunter is seen casting her ballot at the Urbanimal Pet Store, while 'Oreo' the cat walks by.

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The New York National Guard released this photograph of a soldier voting on Tuesday at local polling station after an executive order by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.

The order allowed New Yorkers displaced by the storm to vote outside their home districts.

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A sign in different languages directs where to go at a polling station during the U.S. presidential election in New York.

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A man presents his voter ID card to a poll worker to vote in the U.S. presidential election at a displaced polling center in the Coney Island section of Brooklyn, New York.

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Voters check in to cast their ballots for the US presidential elections at a polling place in the Richmond Public Library in Richmond, Virginia.

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A sign designating the neutral zone outside of a polling place is pictured during the U.S. presidential election in Dublin, Ohio.

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Stickers stating "I Voted" in several languages are affixed to a ballot intake machine in the garage of Tom and Carol Marshall, which was made into a polling location in the neighbourhood, during the U.S. presidential election in Los Angeles, California.

The stickers are handed to voters as they return their ballot.

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Sheilah Youngblood, a supporter of President Barack Obama, rallies outside a polling station during the U.S. presidential election in Tampa, Florida.

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A pizza restaurant attracts early morning voters as it seconds as a polling station during the U.S. presidential election in Encinitas, California.

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People wait to vote during the US presidential election at the School Without Walls polling station in Washington.

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Voter Fred Cope leaves the Horse Gall precinct at the home of Vincent Smith during the US presidential election in Varnville, South Carolina.

The polling place for the U.S. presidential and local elections is located in the den of Smith's home.

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