America votes

Americans gather at polling places to cast their vote on Election Day 2016, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016.

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Tue., Nov. 8, 2016

MJ McCoy, who works as a food industry recruiter, puts her completed voter ballot into a drop box at a recreation center before dawn in Boulder, Colo., Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016. Regarding the significance of having a woman on the ballot, McCoy, who voted for Clinton, says: "It meant a lot to me to see that women finally have a chance to have the highest office in the country. I think it's really awesome, and it's been overshadowed by all the negativity in the campaign."

Brennan Linsley Associated Press
A local resident leaves the Harvest Church after voting in the general election, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016, in Cumming, Iowa.

Charlie Neibergall Associated Press
Ronique Slack exits a polling booth after casting her vote on Election Day at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Charter School in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016.

Gerald Herbert Associated Press
Tom Davis reaches for a flag from Judy Lehman as they ride in a pickup truck and put up 108 American flags for Election Day along a street Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016, in Brentwood, Tenn. The flags are installed by the Hillsboro-Brentwood Exchange Club.

Mark Humphrey Associated Press
Voters cast their ballots at the 135th precinct at Christ Church Presbyterian in Evans, Ga., Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016.

Michael Holahan Associated Press
Shawna Gable arrives to vote on Election Day at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Charter School in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016.

Gerald Herbert Associated Press
Voters cast their ballots at Cynthia Mann Elementary School in Boise, Idaho, on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016.

Otto Kitsinger Ap
People wait in lines to enter the Jacob Javits Center in New York, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016, before Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's election night rally.

Matt Rourke Associated Press
Travis Lopes, dressed in a patriotic outfit, votes in the polling place of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in New York, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016.

Richard Drew Associated Press
A voters walks to a polling place at the Schnecksville Fire Company, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016, in Schnecksville, Pa.

Matt Slocum Associated Press
John and Colleen Kramer, of Stockton, Mo., vote at the Caplinger Mills Trading Post on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016, in Caplinger Mills, Mo.

Charlie Riedel Associated Press
Democratic polling judge John Ramirez, right, is reflected in a mirror as he assists a voter as she fills out her ballot at Delia's Beauty Salon on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016, in Chicago.

Charles Rex Arbogast Associated Press
A likeness of Hillary Clinton is kissed by a supporter outside the Jacob Javits Center while attending a rally for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in New York Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016.

Craig Ruttle Associated Press
Trump supporter Tommy Horton of Orlando reacts as Fox News announces Florida is too close to call, at the Republican Party of Seminole County, Fla. election watch event in Altamonte Springs, Fla., near Orlando on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016.

Joe Burbank Associated Press
The lines got longer at night to visit Susan B. Anthony's grave in Mt. Hope Cemetery in Rochester, N.Y., Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016. The New York gravestone of Susan B. Anthony is thickly encrusted with "I Voted" stickers on an Election Day that could put America's first female president in the White House. A steady stream of people lined up at Rochester's Mount Hope cemetery starting before dawn to pay respects to the women's suffrage leader. Women left hundreds of voting stickers as tributes.

Tina Macintyre-Yee Democrat & Chronicle
Reporters speak on-camera at Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's election night rally, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016, in New York.

John Locher Associated Press
Supporters arrive at Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's election night rally, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016, in New York.

Julie Jacobson Associated Press
Howard Nizebeth, left, stand with a crowd watching a news report at Rockefeller Center during an Election Day gathering, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016, in New York.

Julio Cortez Associated Press
Patriotic lights illuminate Rockefeller Center during an Election Day gathering at the New York City landmark, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016, in New York.

Julio Cortez Associated Press