US went to the polls on Tuesday to decide whether to give President Barack Obama a second term or to replace him with Mitt Romney after a long, hard-fought campaign.
A poll worker assists voters with the help of a flashlight in a makeshift tent set up as a polling place in the Rockaway neighborhood of New York City- one of the areas hardest hit by Superstorm Sandy.
Even as America votes, nationwide exit polls have showed Obama and Romney are virtually tied with most voters saying the economy is the top issue facing the nation.
A woman votes while holding her son and daughter looking on in the battleground state of Ohio.
Recent polls show that U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney are in a tight race.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, is given an "I voted" sticker after he and wife Ann Romney voted in Belmont, Massachusetts.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his wife Ann Romney emerge after they voted in Belmont, Massachusetts.
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is seen sitting aboard his campaign plane in Boston, Massachusetts.
President Barack Obama meets people outside a campaign office the morning of the 2012 election in Chicago.
US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and running mate Paul Ryan greet a Wendy's fast food restaurant employee as they pay a visit and order food in Richmond Heights, Ohio.
Republican vice-presidential candidate, Paul Ryan, casts his ballot as his wife Janna, son Charlie, and daughter Liza watch at the Hedberg Public Library in Janesville, Wisconsin.
Chicago man Derrick Banks wears an "I Voted" sticker on his forehead after casting his ballot at a polling station.
Three Obama supporters walk around the south side of Chicago wearing Obama and Romney masks holding placards asking people to vote.
Voters cast their ballots at the polls in a car dealership in Columbus, Ohio.
A voter returns his authorisation card after casting his ballot at the Clark County Fire Training Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The very first voting for the 2012 US Presidential elections took place in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire. Seen here, citizens prepare to cast their ballots inside polling booths just after midnight on November 6, 2012.
A man casts his ballot inside a polling station just after midnight on November 6, 2012 in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, where the very first voting for the 2012 US presidential election took place.
A woman tabulates ballots at a polling station just after midnight on November 6, 2012. The final national polls showed an effective tie, with either US President Barack Obama or Republican candidate Mitt Romney favoured by a single point in most surveys.
