Officials ask for patience in waiting on Election Day results

It’s Election Day in America.

Voters are heading to the polls in one of the most consequential elections in American history. In a politically polarized country, potential delays in reporting results might further fuel conspiracy theories that have spread widely.

Across the country, more than 77 million voters already cast their ballots during the early voting period. State election officials in presidential battleground states such as Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina and Wisconsin have praised record turnout.