From the Committee of Seventy website:

The next election in the area will be the Municipal Primary scheduled for May 17, 2011. Voters in Philadelphia will cast ballots for Mayor, all 17 City Council seats, City Commissioners, Sheriff, and Register of Wills. Voters in Philadelphia will also vote for local and statewide judicial offices.

For those of you voting in Philadelphia's election, here are the instructions for the new voting machines.

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Harts Location, N.H. is far more than a suitable place to ice climb. It's also been the first place in the country to cast ballots in Presidential elections.

Since 1948, the town has been taking advantage of a state law that allows communities to close polls early if all registered voters have cast ballots. It's not ice climbing, but you can read more about Harts Location here.

When I see pictures like this, I wonder about the farmer who grew the lentils, if he or she had any idea that the harvest would end up feeding people in Sudan. Sudan's in the middle of a momentous decision, voting on whether the south part of the country should secede. At play are religious and ethnic divisions and also a lot of oil, which lies in the south. To see more pictures, have a look at our slideshow.

Exit polls are showing this years' voters to be an older and more conservative electorate. What are you seeing at your polling places?

See images of candidates and voters around the country: Check out our slideshow