The evening rush in Merrifield, Va pct#721 where about 60% of registered voters have caste ballots #election 2016 @WTOP pic.twitter.com/2I4bTntOf0
— Kristi King (@kingWTOP) November 8, 2016
![Voters say there are no lines at St. Paul's Parish on K Street NW as of 4:20 p.m. (Courtesy Jordan Connell via Twitter)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/CwxQwQkWgAU-OTE-1672x1254.jpg)
Courtesy Jordan Connell via Twitter
![Election Day can feel like a long day. (Courtesy @turnthepaige701 via Twitter)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/CwxFBKkWIAAYFwT-1121x1254.jpg)
Courtesy @turnthepaige701 via Twitter
![WTOP's Dick Uliano saw no lines at his polling place at Little Flower Church Parish Hall in Bethesda, Md. (WTOP/Dick Uliano)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/CwxEVG8WgAArXXz.jpg)
WTOP/Dick Uliano
![Jeff and Emerson Birrell of McLean, Va. cancelled out each other's votes on the meals tax, WTOP's Kristi King reports. (WTOP/Kristi King)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/CwxCRw2WIAEZBzO.jpg)
WTOP/Kristi King
![It's a beautiful fall day to vote this Election Day. (Courtesy Mark Story via Twitter)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/CwxA4jFXgAUrJDl-1880x1254.jpg)
Courtesy Mark Story via Twitter
![WTOP's Joan Jones teams up with her voting partner to take on Election Day. (WTOP/Joan Jones)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Cww_u28WEAAbYt-.jpg)
WTOP/Joan Jones
![Rayburn Hess said he'd like use his "I Voted" cane over the heads of politicians, WTOP's Kristi King reports. (WTOP/Kristi King)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Cww-YpbWgAAb7Y7.jpg)
WTOP/Kristi King
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WTOP/Kristi King
![Ana and Emma Kry of Langley, Va. turn out for Election Day. (WTOP/Kristi King)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Cww52hyXgAApg8m.jpg)
WTOP/Kristi King
![Lynn Buck and Paula Doyle of McLean, Va. consult outside Langley High School precincts 311 and 301. (WTOP/Kristi King)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Cww3XpQWQAAV8Yq-1672x1254.jpg)
WTOP/Kristi King
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WTOP/Kristi King
![By 2:30 p.m. Va. voter turnout including absentee ballots in Langley precinct 311 is 60 percent. Chain Bridge precinct 301 is 65 percent. (WTOP/Kristi King)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Cww4Te8XEAArvnk-1880x885.jpg)
WTOP/Kristi King
![The voting place at MPDC 2nd District headquarters in Northwest D.C. is free and clear of lines in the afternoon, though the line extended outside the door a few times in the morning. (Courtesy Brandon Millman via Twitter)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/CwwzuTqXgAIFqI_-1880x1058.jpg)
Courtesy Brandon Millman via Twitter
![The polling station in Alexandria, Va. looks pretty empty as of 2 p.m. (Courtesy Lauryn Ricketts via Twitter)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/CwwxLKvW8AACIc0-941x1254.jpg)
Courtesy Lauryn Ricketts via Twitter
![Kimberle Glazer said she is "wearing the jewelry of my foremothers to vote for the first female president!" (Courtesy Kimberle Glazer via Twitter)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/CwwvI_GW8AEjQqg.jpg)
Courtesy Kimberle Glazer via Twitter
![Voters wait to use the one scanner in use at Adelphi Elementary School in Prince George's County as of 1:50 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8. Some have waited more than 45 minutes. (WTOP/Mike Murillo)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/CwwtoJeWEAYjB9t-1672x1254.jpg)
WTOP/Mike Murillo
![By 11 a.m. 936 people had voted near Baily's Crossroads in Fairfax County, Va. That calculates to more than 200 people per hour during the morning rush! (WTOP/Hillary Howard)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/CwwmhCaXUAEEx7A-1880x1058.jpg)
WTOP/Hillary Howard
![Girl Scouts sell sweet treats outside the polling place in Calvert County, Md. (WTOP/Michelle Basch)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/CwwT_uSW8AAhR_K-1672x1254.jpg)
WTOP/Michelle Basch
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Courtesy Kat Auer via Twitter
![No lines for voters in Spotsylvania, Va. (WTOP/Dennis Foley)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/CwwRBxsXEAQvzZI.jpg)
WTOP/Dennis Foley
!["Heaven help the person who gets in because they have a big job ahead," said Lillian Kearns of Manassas, Va. (WTOP/Kristi King)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/king41-1672x1254.jpg)
WTOP/Kristi King
!["I'm happy tonight will be the end to all this," said Kathleen Martin, of Northern Virginia precinct 408. Next to her, Debrah Allotey said, "God will choose the best person." (WTOP/Kristi King)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/king-1672x1254.jpg)
WTOP/Kristi King
![In Manassas, Virginia, half of precinct #408 voted by midday, WTOP's Kristi King reports. (WTOP/Kristi King)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/In-Manassas-Va-half-of-prct-408-voted-by-mid-day..jpg)
WTOP/Kristi King
![Voters wait in line to cast their ballots in the Mount Vernon Triangle neighborhood of Northwest D.C. (WTOP/Sarah Beth Hensley)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Great-day-to-get-out-and-vote-Took-me-about-45-minutes-at-my-DC-polling-place-in-Mount-Vernon-Triangle.-SB2-1672x1254.jpg)
WTOP/Sarah Beth Hensley
![Voters in the Mount Vernon Triangle neighborhood of Northwest D.C. experience a wait time of about 45 minutes as of 11:10 a.m. (WTOP/Sarah Beth Hensley)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Great-day-to-get-out-and-vote-Took-me-about-45-minutes-at-my-DC-polling-place-in-Mount-Vernon-Triangle.-SB-941x1254.jpg)
WTOP/Sarah Beth Hensley
![WTOP's Sarah Beth Hensley says it took took about 45 minutes for the voting process at her polling place in the Mount Vernon Triangle area of Northwest D.C. (WTOP/Sarah Beth Hensley)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Great-day-to-get-out-and-vote-Took-me-about-45-minutes-at-my-DC-polling-place-in-Mount-Vernon-Triangle.-1672x1254.jpg)
WTOP/Sarah Beth Hensley
![For voters waiting to cast their ballots near Rockville's Luxmanor Elementary school, the whole process is taking about 15 minutes, WTOP's Mike Murillo reports. (WTOP/Mike Murillo)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/In-Rockvilles-Luxmanor-Elementary-voters-say-the-whole-process-is-taking-about-15min-1672x1254.jpg)
WTOP/Mike Murillo
![The lines are growing in Northwest D.C. as voters wait to cast their ballots in Cathedral Heights. (WTOP/Hanna Choi)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/14925336_10210518522820804_602958607505695274_n.jpg)
WTOP/Hanna Choi
![After a crush of morning voters, there's a midday lull at the poll place near Baily's Crossroads in Fairfax County, Virginia. (WTOP/Hillary Howard)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Midday-lull-after-crush-of-AM-voters-@fairfaxcounty-poll-place-near-Bailys-Crossroads..jpg)
WTOP/Hillary Howard
![Huge morning turnout near Baily's Crossroads in Fairfax County, Virginia. (WTOP/Hillary Howard)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fairfax-County-Near-Bailys-Crossroads-Huge-AM-turnout-1672x1254.jpg)
WTOP/Hillary Howard
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Courtesy Adisa Hargett-Robinson
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Iannelli/WTOP
![Voters get ready to cast ballots outside Gunston Middle School in Arlington, Virginia, Nov. 8, 2016. (Courtesy Adisa Hargett-Robinson)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/voters_gunston1.jpg)
Courtesy Adisa Hargett-Robinson
![Voting signs are seen in Arlington, Virginia, Nov. 8, 2016. (Courtesy Adisa Hargett-Robinson)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/arlington_signs.jpg)
Courtesy Adisa Hargett-Robinson
AP Photo/Steve Helber
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![The voting line wrapped around the building at Glebe Elementary School Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016, but the line moved quickly. (WTOP/Dennis Foley)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/voting_line_foley.jpg)
WTOP/Dennis Foley
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Maureen Krebs/Twitter
![A line forms at Lunsford Middle School in South Riding. (WTOP/Neal Augenstein)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/voters_loudoun-1880x1004.jpg)
WTOP/Neal Augenstein
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WTOP/Massimo
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![Voters in Dixville Notch, N.H., get their ballots Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016, in Dixville Notch, N.H. The residents in town voted just after midnight. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/AP_16313204637203-1880x1117.jpg)
AP Photo/Jim Cole
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![Voters say there are no lines at St. Paul's Parish on K Street NW as of 4:20 p.m. (Courtesy Jordan Connell via Twitter)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/CwxQwQkWgAU-OTE-260x174.jpg)
![Election Day can feel like a long day. (Courtesy @turnthepaige701 via Twitter)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/CwxFBKkWIAAYFwT-260x174.jpg)
![WTOP's Dick Uliano saw no lines at his polling place at Little Flower Church Parish Hall in Bethesda, Md. (WTOP/Dick Uliano)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/CwxEVG8WgAArXXz-260x174.jpg)
![Jeff and Emerson Birrell of McLean, Va. cancelled out each other's votes on the meals tax, WTOP's Kristi King reports. (WTOP/Kristi King)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/CwxCRw2WIAEZBzO-260x174.jpg)
![It's a beautiful fall day to vote this Election Day. (Courtesy Mark Story via Twitter)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/CwxA4jFXgAUrJDl-260x174.jpg)
![WTOP's Joan Jones teams up with her voting partner to take on Election Day. (WTOP/Joan Jones)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Cww_u28WEAAbYt--260x174.jpg)
![Rayburn Hess said he'd like use his "I Voted" cane over the heads of politicians, WTOP's Kristi King reports. (WTOP/Kristi King)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Cww-YpbWgAAb7Y7-260x174.jpg)
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![Ana and Emma Kry of Langley, Va. turn out for Election Day. (WTOP/Kristi King)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Cww52hyXgAApg8m-260x174.jpg)
![Lynn Buck and Paula Doyle of McLean, Va. consult outside Langley High School precincts 311 and 301. (WTOP/Kristi King)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Cww3XpQWQAAV8Yq-260x174.jpg)
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![By 2:30 p.m. Va. voter turnout including absentee ballots in Langley precinct 311 is 60 percent. Chain Bridge precinct 301 is 65 percent. (WTOP/Kristi King)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Cww4Te8XEAArvnk-260x174.jpg)
![The voting place at MPDC 2nd District headquarters in Northwest D.C. is free and clear of lines in the afternoon, though the line extended outside the door a few times in the morning. (Courtesy Brandon Millman via Twitter)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/CwwzuTqXgAIFqI_-260x174.jpg)
![The polling station in Alexandria, Va. looks pretty empty as of 2 p.m. (Courtesy Lauryn Ricketts via Twitter)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/CwwxLKvW8AACIc0-260x174.jpg)
![Kimberle Glazer said she is "wearing the jewelry of my foremothers to vote for the first female president!" (Courtesy Kimberle Glazer via Twitter)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/CwwvI_GW8AEjQqg-260x174.jpg)
![Voters wait to use the one scanner in use at Adelphi Elementary School in Prince George's County as of 1:50 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8. Some have waited more than 45 minutes. (WTOP/Mike Murillo)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/CwwtoJeWEAYjB9t-260x174.jpg)
![By 11 a.m. 936 people had voted near Baily's Crossroads in Fairfax County, Va. That calculates to more than 200 people per hour during the morning rush! (WTOP/Hillary Howard)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/CwwmhCaXUAEEx7A-260x174.jpg)
![Girl Scouts sell sweet treats outside the polling place in Calvert County, Md. (WTOP/Michelle Basch)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/CwwT_uSW8AAhR_K-260x174.jpg)
![](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/CwwXTMFXEAATSsj-Kat-Auer-260x174.jpg)
![No lines for voters in Spotsylvania, Va. (WTOP/Dennis Foley)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/CwwRBxsXEAQvzZI-260x174.jpg)
!["Heaven help the person who gets in because they have a big job ahead," said Lillian Kearns of Manassas, Va. (WTOP/Kristi King)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/king41-260x174.jpg)
!["I'm happy tonight will be the end to all this," said Kathleen Martin, of Northern Virginia precinct 408. Next to her, Debrah Allotey said, "God will choose the best person." (WTOP/Kristi King)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/king-260x174.jpg)
![In Manassas, Virginia, half of precinct #408 voted by midday, WTOP's Kristi King reports. (WTOP/Kristi King)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/In-Manassas-Va-half-of-prct-408-voted-by-mid-day.-260x174.jpg)
![Voters wait in line to cast their ballots in the Mount Vernon Triangle neighborhood of Northwest D.C. (WTOP/Sarah Beth Hensley)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Great-day-to-get-out-and-vote-Took-me-about-45-minutes-at-my-DC-polling-place-in-Mount-Vernon-Triangle.-SB2-260x174.jpg)
![Voters in the Mount Vernon Triangle neighborhood of Northwest D.C. experience a wait time of about 45 minutes as of 11:10 a.m. (WTOP/Sarah Beth Hensley)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Great-day-to-get-out-and-vote-Took-me-about-45-minutes-at-my-DC-polling-place-in-Mount-Vernon-Triangle.-SB-260x174.jpg)
![WTOP's Sarah Beth Hensley says it took took about 45 minutes for the voting process at her polling place in the Mount Vernon Triangle area of Northwest D.C. (WTOP/Sarah Beth Hensley)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Great-day-to-get-out-and-vote-Took-me-about-45-minutes-at-my-DC-polling-place-in-Mount-Vernon-Triangle.-260x174.jpg)
![For voters waiting to cast their ballots near Rockville's Luxmanor Elementary school, the whole process is taking about 15 minutes, WTOP's Mike Murillo reports. (WTOP/Mike Murillo)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/In-Rockvilles-Luxmanor-Elementary-voters-say-the-whole-process-is-taking-about-15min-260x174.jpg)
![The lines are growing in Northwest D.C. as voters wait to cast their ballots in Cathedral Heights. (WTOP/Hanna Choi)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/14925336_10210518522820804_602958607505695274_n-260x174.jpg)
![After a crush of morning voters, there's a midday lull at the poll place near Baily's Crossroads in Fairfax County, Virginia. (WTOP/Hillary Howard)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Midday-lull-after-crush-of-AM-voters-@fairfaxcounty-poll-place-near-Bailys-Crossroads.-260x174.jpg)
![Huge morning turnout near Baily's Crossroads in Fairfax County, Virginia. (WTOP/Hillary Howard)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fairfax-County-Near-Bailys-Crossroads-Huge-AM-turnout-260x174.jpg)
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![Voters get ready to cast ballots outside Gunston Middle School in Arlington, Virginia, Nov. 8, 2016. (Courtesy Adisa Hargett-Robinson)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/voters_gunston1-260x174.jpg)
![Voting signs are seen in Arlington, Virginia, Nov. 8, 2016. (Courtesy Adisa Hargett-Robinson)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/arlington_signs-260x174.jpg)
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![The voting line wrapped around the building at Glebe Elementary School Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016, but the line moved quickly. (WTOP/Dennis Foley)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/voting_line_foley-260x174.jpg)
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![A line forms at Lunsford Middle School in South Riding. (WTOP/Neal Augenstein)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/voters_loudoun-e1685069064784-260x174.jpg)
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![Voters in Dixville Notch, N.H., get their ballots Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016, in Dixville Notch, N.H. The residents in town voted just after midnight. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/AP_16313204637203-260x174.jpg)
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