. >> the program which has 1,400 participants wrt sta in 2004 by t montgomery county board of elections. >> it involves making sure the equipment is lined up and connected and tables and chairs are l up and that they're posted as directed by the stat >> it is finally election day. we're less than two hours from the first polls in our are from opening. virginia polling places open first at 6:00 a.m.rend t already been record breaking voter turn ou >> more than 35 million early voters -- early votes have bee counted nationwide. i want to show you new numbers here coming in from nbc news data analytics lab in states that havearly voting, 42% of voters are republican, 41% are democrats and 17%ave either independent or another party affiliation. in 2014, 21 million ballots were cast before electionday. tracy continues our decision 2018 coverage froll capitol how was the final day of campaigning? >> so it waste sting. it was like what we have seen before but president trump going to missouri to make his final argument with the big senate race there they're saying democrats are trying to demol