Polls for the mid-term congressional elections have begun to close in the US. UU. At 23:00 GMT, polling stations in several counties in the states of Indiana and Kentucky were closed. An hour later, they will stop accepting ballots in Virginia, Vermont, Georgia, South Carolina and other states. At 01:00 GMT voting will be fully or partially closed in 19 other states and the District of Columbia. In New York and some other countries, schools will close at 02:00 GMT. Finally, at 06:00 GMT the voting will end in the Aleutian Islands, in the state of Alaska.