I have seen prime ministers and presidents roll up at polling stations, cast ballots and then take a few questions from reporters.

On the state level, they spent tens of millions to defeat a 1996 California ballot measure that would have facilitated the filing of security-fraud lawsuits.

Voters who cast their ballots for Kamala Harris said they disliked many of Trump's choices, particularly on climate, health and his decision to pardon supporters convicted of crimes related to the January 6 Capitol riot.

"I thought I was done voting in the Senate," former Ohio Sen. Vance joked of his tie-breaking ballot in a post to X.

This Sunday, Belarusians will see Lukashenko's name on the ballot paper once again, with four other names chosen carefully to be no challenge.