Many voted in a power outage guided by lanterns and flashlights.

In Raleigh, College, kids stroll to the polls as part of a marching band.

And in Houston, some sidled up to vote on horseback, a real Texas style arrival by any means necessary.

Go vote.

It may be one of the most polarizing US presidential elections ever.

But however they did it, Americans by the millions voted.

And they appear to have done so peacefully.

Even where there were long lines, which were few.

Perhaps thanks to an unprecedented wave of early voting, Americans waited patiently, social distancing and with many wearing masks.

President Trump stopped by to thank campaign workers in Arlington, Virginia, where he was asked by a reporter whether he had written both an acceptance speech and a concession speech.

No, I'm not thinking about concession speech or acceptance speech yet hopefully will be only doing one of those two and you know, uhh!

Winning is easy.

Losing is never easy.

Not for me, it's not.

Meanwhile, Trump's rival, Democratic nominee and former vice president Joe Biden, visited his boyhood home in Scranton, Pennsylvania, where the current residents asked him to sign his name on the living room wall E thinking about President E.

Think about my mom.

Although voting appeared to be going smoothly, the American Civil Liberties Union and other civil rights groups said they were watching closely for signs of voter intimidation, and the U.

S.

Justice Department's civil rights division said it would deploy staff to 18 states.

Election officials also raised worries about a spate of automated phone calls and text messages warning voters to stay away from the polls for bogus reasons.

In Iowa, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Nebraska and Florida, the FBI was looking into the messages.

Even once votes are cast, some Americans worry about a protracted ballot count in pivotal battleground states, perhaps making the country wait for days or even weeks before a clear winner emerges.