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.
Open this photo in gallery: Voters cast ballots at Su Nueva Lavaderia Laundromat Chicago, Illinois. Tasos Katopodis/AFP / Getty Images
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Open this photo in gallery: A voter casts a ballot at the San Francisco Columbarium polling location in San Francisco, California. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
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Open this photo in gallery: Voters cast ballots at the Swedish American Museum in Chicago, Illinois. Tasos Katopodis/AFP / Getty Images
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Open this photo in gallery: People wait in line to vote at a poll station inside of a fire station in Arlington, Virginia. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP / Getty Images
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Open this photo in gallery: People cast their votes at Echo Park Pool in Los Angeles. Jae C. Hong/The Associated Press
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Open this photo in gallery: A voter leaves Daisy's Hair Studio after casting her ballot in Chicago, Illinois. Jim Young/Reuters
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Open this photo in gallery: A voter looks over her ballot at Sam's Auto Sales in Chicago. Jim Young/Reuters
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Open this photo in gallery: People cast their vote at the Venice Beach lifeguard headquarters in Venice, California. Frederic J. Brown/AFP / Getty Images
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Open this photo in gallery: People cast their ballots inside a fitness facility in Encinitas, California. Mike Blake/Reuters
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Open this photo in gallery: A voter casts a ballot inside the Halloran Skating Rink polling location in Cleveland, Ohio. Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg
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Open this photo in gallery: Voters cast ballots in a farm shed near Neveda, Iowa. Scott Morgan/Reuters
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Open this photo in gallery: Voters head to the polls in a one-room schoolhouse near Colo, Iowa. Scott Morgan/Reuters
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Open this photo in gallery: Kevin Cox, of Stockton, Mo., votes at the Caplinger Mills Trading Post in Caplinger Mills, Mo. Charlie Riedel/The Associated Press
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Open this photo in gallery: Virgina Price steps away from a voting booth after filling out her ballot inside the Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian Church. John Minchillo/The Associated Press
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Open this photo in gallery: Poll volunteers set up booths at a home in San Diego, California. Sandy Huffaker/Reuters
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Open this photo in gallery: Voters cast ballots at Club Lucky Lounge in Chicago, Illinois. Tasos Katoopodis/AFP / Getty Images
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