Laundromats? Hair salons? Americans cast their ballots at odd polling stations
In Canada, it is usual to vote in community centres and schools, but today in America, voters have come out to vote in the oddest polling stations - garages of ordinary homes, a museum, public pool, farm shed, beach lifeguard office, laundromat, hair salon, auto sales centre, and even a Columbarium – where funeral urns are stored. A vote is a vote wherever it is cast.
Voters cast ballots at Su Nueva Lavaderia Laundromat Chicago, Illinois.Tasos Katopodis/AFP / Getty Images
A voter casts a ballot at the San Francisco Columbarium polling location in San Francisco, California.David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
Voters cast ballots at the Swedish American Museum in Chicago, Illinois.Tasos Katopodis/AFP / Getty Images
People wait in line to vote at a poll station inside of a fire station in Arlington, Virginia.Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP / Getty Images
People cast their votes at Echo Park Pool in Los Angeles.Jae C. Hong/The Associated Press
A voter leaves Daisy's Hair Studio after casting her ballot in Chicago, Illinois.Jim Young/Reuters
A voter looks over her ballot at Sam's Auto Sales in Chicago.Jim Young/Reuters
People cast their vote at the Venice Beach lifeguard headquarters in Venice, California.Frederic J. Brown/AFP / Getty Images
People cast their ballots inside a fitness facility in Encinitas, California.Mike Blake/Reuters
A voter casts a ballot inside the Halloran Skating Rink polling location in Cleveland, Ohio.Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg
Voters cast ballots in a farm shed near Neveda, Iowa.Scott Morgan/Reuters
Voters head to the polls in a one-room schoolhouse near Colo, Iowa.Scott Morgan/Reuters
Kevin Cox, of Stockton, Mo., votes at the Caplinger Mills Trading Post in Caplinger Mills, Mo.Charlie Riedel/The Associated Press
Virgina Price steps away from a voting booth after filling out her ballot inside the Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian Church.John Minchillo/The Associated Press
Poll volunteers set up booths at a home in San Diego, California.Sandy Huffaker/Reuters
Voters cast ballots at Club Lucky Lounge in Chicago, Illinois.Tasos Katoopodis/AFP / Getty Images