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What to know on Election Day
- Millions of Americans head to the polls to cast ballots for Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Donald Trump. Either winner will make history, marking the first woman elected president or the second president to be elected to two nonconsecutive terms.
- There was a surge of early and mail voting, with more than 82 million people casting their ballots.
- Voters listed the state of democracy and the economy as their top issues as they cast ballots today, according to preliminary results from the NBC News Exit Poll. Abortion and immigration were next.
- Trump and his allies have already been sowing distrust in the election results, amplifying false or misleading claims about voter fraud and the 2020 election.
- Control of the House, the Senate and many key states is also up for grabs, in addition to a number of crucial ballot measures.
