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Polls open in pivotal US presidential election

Published November 8, 2016 Updated November 8, 2016 04:35pm

WASHINGTON: Polling stations opened Tuesday as the first ballots were cast in the long-awaited election pitting Hillary Clinton against Donald Trump.

Voters in nine states got first crack at electing the new president, with the rest of the country due to get started later in the day.

The polls were open in Connecticut, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Vermont and Virginia.

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2016