BlockBeats report: As of 11:00 AM Eastern Time on November 4, in-person voting has begun in all U.S. states except Hawaii. Voting stations in Hawaii are expected to open in less than an hour.
Some voting machines in Westchester County, a key swing district in New York, experienced malfunctions, while flooding in Florida forced multiple polling locations to relocate temporarily.
The latest update is as follows:
1. The Westchester County Board of Elections in New York stated that local voting machines are currently unable to read paper ballots. Voters may also choose to manually fill out their ballots. Republican Congressman Mike Lawler told CNN that he expects the issue to be resolved soon.
2. Twenty-one polling locations in central Florida were relocated due to severe flooding. The Office of the Secretary of State has confirmed this information.
3. The U.S. Department of Justice has deployed federal election observers to cities and counties in multiple swing states and other areas with the largest populations and highest levels of Democratic support.
4. Former President Obama released a new automated voice phone recording to support Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan, as part of the final phase of campaign efforts before the election.