Election Day 2016 has finally arrived! NBC10 has you covered with the most up-to-date information on turnout, voting issues, unique stories and more. Scroll down to see updates and come back to this page throughout the day and night to find more.
Potentially Historic Turnout?
3 p.m.
More Philadelphians could vote in this election than the 2008 contest that sent Barack Obama to The White House, city commissioners said Tuesday afternoon.
Chief Deputy City Commissioner Tim Dowling said turnout has been "on par" with Obama's first run for president. In that year, 70 percent of registered city-dwellers cast a ballot.
Dowling said an even higher percentage could be tallied by the time the polls close tonight.
"At the end of the night, its looking like will be up or surpassing that number," he told NBC10. Final numbers will be available after 8 p.m.
Across the river in Gloucester County, New Jersey, county election officials said they recieved a historic number of mail-in ballots and that voter turnout has been strong throughout the day.
"We have received over 17,000 mail in ballots – definitely more than we received in the 2008 historical election," Stephanie Salvator, Director of Elections, told NBC10.
Salvator said today's "great weather" is helping get people to the polls.
Turnout in Delaware County, Pennsylvania could hit historic percentages, according to the county's Republican party.
As of 2 p.m., the Delaware County GOP says their exit polling shows 40-55 percent of registered voters (all affiliations) have voted. By poll closure, it could hit 80 percent, officials said.
The county of 561,000 people is on target of having 300,000 votes cast, officials said.
In Chester County, a purple county deperately sought after by both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump's campaigns, voting lines streched far outside polling places.
At a polling location inside the Schuylkill Township building, 1,100 of the 2,000 registered voters had already cast their ballot by 3 p.m.
Who Will Pat Toomey Vote For?
2:30 p.m.
Incumbent Pennsylvania Senator Pat Toomey will be coming close to the wire when casting his vote for president.
Toomey's camp says he'll vote at 6:45 p.m., but the candidate still hasn't said if he'll be supporting his party's nominee, Republican Donald Trump. Reps deflected the question when asked by NBC10.
Meanwhile, preps were underway at the senator's campaign headquarters for his election night rally.
Democrat Katie McGinty's challenge for Toomey's seat has been closely watched nationally. It's the most expensive senatorial campaign in U.S. history.
The race is close with recent polls with the lead volleying back and forth between the candidates.
A Few Minor Problems at the Polls
1 p.m.
Electioneering, polling places opening late and voters being pressed to present identification are the main issues confronting people at the polls, according to calls to the NBC10 Problems at the Polls hotline at 877-NBC-WCAU.
The Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office tells NBC10 they have been investigating complaints similar complaints.
There have been no reports of major issues like voter suppression. Here's a handy guide explaining what to do if you run into issues at the polls.
Electioneering -- including displaying campaign signage -- is not allowed within 10 feet of the room where the voting is taking place in Pennsylvania. In New Jersey, it is prohibited within 100 feet of a polling location. It's 50 feet in Delaware.
Some viewers reported showing up to their polling location to find the place dark. In at least two instances in Philadelphia and Upper Darby, they said the polls were not set up. Volunteers were asked to help get the location ready, the callers told NBC10.
There was confusion in Pennsylvania specifically about whether or not people are required to show identification to vote. A person can be asked to show ID (it doesn't need to have a photo) when they vote a polling place for the first time.
Ryan Kellermeyer told NBC News he was eventually allowed to vote at Cayuga Elementary after arguing with the poll worker. He said he'd voted at the location before and that the worker was "asking everyone for ID."
"I think she wasn't trained very well," he said adding that he didn't believe she was being malicious.
You cannot be turned away if you don't have your identification. You can still be provided a provisional ballot.
Vote and Vax
Noon
Citizens casting a ballot at Philadelphia's University of the Sciences were able to get two important errands out of the way this morning: voting and getting vaccinated against the flu.
Dubbed "Vote and Vax," USciences students set up a flu shot station outside the polling spot inside Rosenberger Hall on the college's campus. The location serves residents in the city's 27th Ward.
"The flu shots are free with their insurance and we are actually picking up the cost of anyone who is uninsured," said Karleen Melody of Sunray Drug Stores, who helped to organize the event with the school.
Five people got their flu shot right at 7 a.m., Melody said.
Long Lines Form Early Tuesday at Polling Spots Across Area
11 a.m.
Polling spots across the region were jammed early Tuesday as people ventured out to select the next President of the United States.
Several polling locations in Philadelphia had long lines. The wait at Benjamin Franklin High School in the city's Spring Garden neighborhood reached two hours shortly after opening.
In the city's Kingsessing section, a polling worker told NBC10 turnout was larger than the past three elections.
Philadelphia Commissioner Lisa Deeley told NBC10's George Spencer voting in the city is on pace to match or exceed the historic 2008 election of President Barack Obama.
Election officials in Delaware County, Pennsylvania described turnout as "robust" but declined to release specific numbers. County spokeswoman Trisha Cofiell said officials in Upper Providence mentioned crowds were larger than past elections.
Polls close at 8 p.m. in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. And, FYI, if you're in line before that time, you must be given the opportunity to vote.
Photo Credit: Matt Schaffer
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