Voting for the 2024 U.S. presidential election is underway across the country on Tuesday.
Voters in Dixville Notch of the U.S. state of New Hampshire went to the polls early on Tuesday morning, officially kicking off the Election Day voting.
The race for the White House is tight between Republican candidate and former president Donald Trump and Democratic candidate and vice president Kamala Harris.
According to data from the Election Lab at the University of Florida, by Monday evening, over 82.7 million voters across the country had already cast their ballots. Among these, more than 44 million voters had voted early in person, while nearly 37 million had voted by mail. To ensure their votes are included in the final tally, many voters still prefer to vote in person on the Election Day.
Local media estimated that more than 160 million Americans were expected to vote on Tuesday.
However, due to varying polling station closing times across states, differences in vote counting speeds, and the large volume of mail-in ballots, the results may not be available on Tuesday night.
Pennsylvania, a key swing state with 19 electoral votes, will play a crucial role in the 2024 U.S. presidential election. Both Democratic and Republican campaigns have invested significant time, efforts, and resources in the state, aiming to secure a victory there.
"This polling station had a tremendous turnout. At seven o'clock in the morning, we had a line that was all the way up the street. We had a line continuously for the first five or six hours. We've had more people in a few hours than normally we'd get all day long. The election day runs for eleven hours here in Philadelphia," said Rosenkranz, a worker at a polling station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Voting for 2024 presidential election underway across US
Voting for 2024 presidential election underway across US
The World Data Organization (WDO) was formally established in Beijing on Monday, marking a significant step toward global cooperation on data development and governance.
Around 500 people attended the inaugural assembly of the WDO, including representatives of the organization's members, Chinese and international scientists and technologists, government officials, and heads of international organizations.
As a professional, non-governmental and non-profit international body voluntarily established by relevant entities and individuals in the global data sector, the WDO aims to provide a platform for global data collaboration that is practice-oriented, industry-focused and designed for multi-stakeholder dialogue and cooperation.
"Data can drive innovation, strengthen policy making, and accelerate scientific progress, but only if access is equitable and capacity is built, where it is needed most," Muhammadou M.O. Kah, chair of the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development, and vice chair of the UN Data Governance Working Group said at the meeting.
China's digital infrastructure has seen rapid advancement. By mid-2025, the country had built over 4.8 million 5G base stations, with total computing power ranking second globally.
"We make cell phone chip sets. So we're very interested in data and China, especially with making sure that 5G and then looking forward to 6G networks are done really well," said Jonathan Gerald Thomason from Qualcomm Wireless Ltd.
"Having the opportunity to have secure and rule-based data system is very important. So I think establishing World Data Organization is a good one," said Kimiebi Imomotimi Ebienfa, spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria.
With its headquarters in Beijing, the WDO, is the first professional international organization focused on advancing data development and governance practices.
It is expected that by 2030, the organization will become an internationally influential platform and a trusted hub in the data field.
World Data Organization launched in Beijing to bridge global data divide
