Hi, everyone. We did it. It's 4 o'clock in New York, and this is it. Election Day in America is here. Welcome to MSNBC special election day coverage. Today marking the end of a

presidential campaign season like none other in American history. And as polls close in just a few

hours, we will await the verdict from the American people, from the voters themselves. More than

81 million people have already voted. That is more than

a third of all eligible voters. In nine states, turnout is already above 50%. All of it,

meaning that overall turnout is likely to be one of the highest in recent American history. Voting

is continuing at a brisk pace as we come on the air. Here's the

scene live in Erie, Pennsylvania, a critical region in a critical battleground. As for the Democratic

presidential candidate, Vice President Kamala Harris, no rest for the weary, as they say. Here she is

on a radio show this morning, reiterating her message of unity.

I believe in the promise of America. I see it every day. I see it in people who are working

hard to take care of their families. I see it in women who are fighting for reproductive freedom

and the men who are supporting them. I see it in.

Republicans who have never voted for a Democrat before who are putting the Constitution of the United States ahead of party.

And I'm telling you, I see it around our country.

I'm traveling.

People are yearning for an approach that is about bringing us together.

Today will be a test of that message and what the vice president has accomplished in her 108-day campaign.

Ever since President Joe Biden made an unprecedented act of political self-sacrifice, stepped

out of the race and passed the torch to his vice president, Kamala Harris.

She has assembled an historic, ideologically diverse, big tank coalition of a scale once

considered the stuff of Aaron Sorkin TV scripts.

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