By Germania Rodriguez Poleo, Chief U.S. Reporter Published: 15:13 EST, 5 November 2024 | Updated: 17:42 EST, 5 November 2024

A Michigan father broke down in tears as he told a CNN reporter why he voted for Kamala Harris to be president.Jason Faasse was interviewed by the network as he exited his polling station in Grand Rapids on Tuesday.’I have three daughters – four children overall – and women’s rights are pretty important to them,’ said an emotional Faasse, a facility and events coordinator at Calvin University.’Sorry, I am getting a little emotional about that. I didn’t think I was gonna do that,’ he added as he teared up.’But just their bodies, their choice, that type of mentality. I want them to grow up in a world that’s welcoming to everybody, so yeah, that’s why I cast my vote today.’ Jason Faasse was interviewed by CNN  as he exited his polling station in Grand Rapids on Tuesday. The father teared up as he shared he voted for Kamala HarrisTrump has been criticized for Michigan is one of seven swing states that experts say will likely decide the 2024 presidential election. VP Harris was in Michigan on Sunday, dashing through four stops across the  battleground state including at Michigan State University.Meanwhile Trump was in Grand Rapids closing out his campaign during the early hours of Tuesday. The nail-biting race is one of the closest in history and is likely to be decided by a couple of thousand votes across the swing states. Election day on Tuesday unfolded relatively smoothly across America with only minor delays from extreme weather, ballot printing errors and technical problems. VP Harris was in Michigan on Sunday, dashing through four stops across the battleground state. She is seen in East Lansing  Meanwhile Trump was in Grand Rapids closing out his campaign during the early hours of TuesdayIn Pennsylvania, early reports that Republican poll watchers were not allowed into some polling sites were soon resolved. Moreover, a state judge ordered polls to remain open for two extra hours in Cambria County in Pennsylvania, which voted 68 percent for former President Donald Trump in 2020. The county sought the extension after a software malfunction affected ballot-scanning machines, though county officials confirmed no one was turned away from the polls and said all ballots would be counted. A technical malfunction in Champaign County, Illinois, and challenges with e-pollbooks in Louisville, Kentucky, also delayed voting, but those issues were soon fixed and voting was back up and running. In Arizona’s Maricopa County, one voting location was slightly delayed when a worker forgot to bring a key.  Election day on Tuesday has unfolded largely smoothly across the nation. Voters are seen in Detroit, MichiganAs of Tuesday, Associated Press tracking of advance voting nationwide showed more than 82 million ballots already cast — slightly more than half the total number of votes in the presidential election four years earlier. That’s driven partly by Republican voters, who were casting early ballots at a higher rate than in recent previous elections after a campaign by Trump and the Republican National Committee to counter the Democrats’ longstanding advantage in the early vote.

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Moment Michigan father cries on CNN as he reveals who he’s voting for and why