Clinton casts presidential ballot in New York

Just hours after closing her campaign for the White House with a midnight rally in North Carolina, Hillary Clinton kicked off Election Day by casting her ballot alongside her husband, former President Bill Clinton, at the Douglas G. Grafflin Elementary School in Chappaqua, N.Y.

“It is the most humbling feeling,” the former secretary of state told the assembled crowd, less than ten hours before the first polls close in the Democrat's bid to become the first woman president of the United States.


“I know how much responsibility goes with this and so many people are counting on the outcome of this election, what it means for our country, and I will do the very best I can if I’m fortunate enough to win today,” she added, with close aide Huma Abedin also on site.

Clinton’s campaign has for weeks predicted record turnout in today’s election as she faces off against Donald Trump.

Earlier in the morning Clinton’s running mate, Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine cast his own ballot at Hermitage Methodist Home in Richmond, Virginia after walking over from his home with his parents and wife.

“Just turn out and participate. I’ve talked on the trail a lot about the year that I was in Honduras and went there and took voting for granted. I was a regular — somewhat regular — but not every-time voter. I was 22. And then, to live in a country where people couldn’t vote, and they prayed for the day when they could, it really made me now not take it for granted,” said the vice-presidential candidate, who voted right after the 99-year-old president of the local residents’ association, Minerva Turpin.

“We just went over 200 million registered voters in the country for the first time," Kaine added. "All the early vote signs are very strong in terms of people energy and desire to participate. But I just hope that carries through the day."