Tuesday is the Election Day 2014 and the midterm elections will take place across the United States. The outcome would change the fabric of the US politics and the power centre in Washington DC.
How to Get Live Updates/ Important Twitter Accounts
News organisations will be running the midterm elections with a minute by minute coverage and it shouldn't be difficult to follow the results live.
Twitter is a good source of information and following are the accounts of six candidates one must follow to get accurate information about the events:
- Democrat Charlie Crist, running for Florida Governor
- Democrat Wendy Davis, running for Texas Governor
- Republican Greg Abbott, running for Texas
- Republican Joni Ernst, running for Senate in Iowa
- Democrat Bruce Braley, running for Senate in Iowa
- Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes, running for Kentucky Senate
Some of the best news websites to follow for detailed and minute to minute update of the election results would be the following, although there are many other local newspapers concentrating on their state's results. Follow Vox.com, CNN, The New York Times, The Washington Post and NYDaily News among others.
Where to vote?
Every registered voter in the US has a polling station based on the address on their voter registration.
Here is a list for a guide that will take one to websites that will give details on how to find your polling place in all 50 states and the DC:
Alabama - Check the state's Alabama Votes website at this link
Alaska - Visit the state of Alaska's Division of Elections at this link
Arizona - Visit the website of the Arizona Secretary of State at this link
Arkansas - Check the website of the Arkansas Secretary of State at this link
California - Visit the website of the California Secretary of State at this link
Colorado - Check the website of the Colorado Secretary of State at this link
Connecticut - Visit Connecticut's dedicated voter registration portal at this link
Delaware - Check the Office of Delaware's State Election Commissioner's website at this link
District of Columbia - Visit the District of Columbia's Board of Elections website at this link
Florida - Visit the Florida Division of Elections website at this link
Georgia - Visit Georgia's My Voter Page at this link
Hawaii - Visit the Hawaii Office of Elections website at this link
Idaho - Check Idaho's dedicated Idaho Votes Election Information System at this link
Illinois - Visit the Illinois State Board of Elections website at this link
Indiana - Visit the website of Indiana's Statewide Voter Registration System at this link
Iowa - Visit the website of the Iowa Secretary of State at this link
Kansas - Check Kansas' dedicated voter registration portal at this link
Kentucky - Visit the website of the Kentucky State Board of Elections at this link
Louisiana - Visit the website of the Louisiana Secretary of State at this link
Maine - Check Maine's dedicated Voter Information Lookup website at this link
Maryland - Visit the website of the Maryland State Board of Elections at this link
Massachusetts - Visit the website of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at this link
Michigan - Check the Michigan Voter Information Center website at this link
Minnesota - Visit the state's Minnesota Votes website at this link
Mississippi - Visit the website of the Mississippi Secretary of State at this link
Missouri - Visit the website of the Missouri Secretary of State at this link
Montana - Check Montana's My Voter Page website at this link
Nebraska - Visit Nebraska's dedicated voter registration portal at this link
Nevada - Check the website of the Nevada Secretary of State at this link
New Hampshire - Visit the State of New Hampshire Voter Information Look-Up website at this link
New Jersey - Visit the website of the New Jersey Secretary of State at this link
New Mexico - Check the website of the New Mexico Secretary of State at this link
New York - Visit the website of the New York State Board of Elections at this link
North Carolina - Check the website of the North Carolina State Board of Elections at this link
North Dakota - Visit the website of the North Dakota Secretary of State at this link
Ohio - Visit Ohio's My Voter Information website at this link
Oklahoma - Visit the Oklahoma State Election Board's Online Voter Tool at this link
Oregon - Check the website of the Oregon Secretary of State at this link
Pennsylvania - Visit the website of the Pennsylvania Department of State at this link
Rhode Island - Check the Rhode Island Voter Information Center website at this link
South Carolina - Visit the South Carolina State Election Commission website at this link
South Dakota - Visit the website of the South Dakota Secretary of State at this link
Tennessee - Visit the website of the Tennessee Department of State at this link
Texas - Check the Texas Voter Information Website at this link
Utah - Visit Utah's dedicated voter information website at this link
Vermont - Visit the website of the Vermont Secretary of State at this link and click on the "Where is my polling place?" link to download a Microsoft Excel sheet with information about polling places in the state.
Virginia - Visit the Virginia Election and Registration Information System website at this link
Washington - Check the website of the Washington Secretary of State at this link
West Virginia - Visit the website of the West Virginia Secretary of State at this link
Wisconsin - Check the My Vote Wisconsin website at this link
Wyoming - Visit the Visit the website of the Wyoming Secretary of State at this link
