Polls opened in Vermont at 5 a.m. local time as voting began in the US midterm elections. At 6 a.m., polling places were due to open in Connecticut, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York and Virginia.

North Carolina, Ohio and West Virginia were scheduled to begin voting at 6:30 a.m. At 7 a.m., polls were set to open in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and South Carolina.

Polling places on the West Coast, in California, Idaho, Nevada and Oregon, were due to open at 9 a.m. Eastern time. Alaska and Washington were scheduled to follow at 10 a.m., with Hawaii opening last at 11 a.m.

Sources: ANSA Mondo.