Early voting began by personally attending polling stations in 4 US states since Friday for the presidential elections scheduled for the third of next November, as voters can now cast their votes in Minnesota, South Dakota, Wyoming and Virginia.

Hundreds of people queued at a polling station in Fairfax, Virginia, yesterday morning, according to the US television network CNN.

Most of the US states and Washington, DC, allow early voting without giving a reason, and citizens can send their ballot papers early by mail in many states.

Early voting increased in recent electoral rounds, as part of efforts to simplify the electoral process, and gained momentum amid fears of an outbreak of the new Corona virus while citizens gathered at polling stations during the pandemic.

Waiting in long lines to cast votes (Getty Images)

Bounding yard

Early voting began ahead of two election visits by President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, to Minnesota, which is a raging election battlefield, which led to increased momentum and harsh tone before their upcoming first debate.

Although the Republican Party has campaigned more intensely than Biden, it is also working to increase the frequency and size of his distinguished marches, after he was forced to leave them aside during the worst months of the pandemic.

Historically, Minnesota votes for Democrats, and Trump narrowly lost in the 2016 election against Hillary Clinton.

Although polls now show Biden's lead, the wealthy real estate mogul believes he can turn his back on this time.

The issue is sensitive in Minnesota, where the wave of unrest began last May when African-American George Floyd died in Minneapolis after a white policeman pressed his knee for more than 8 minutes on the neck of the forty man.

The two election campaigns are witnessing the hardening of their rhetoric, as Trump told voters at a rally in Wisconsin on Thursday, "The competition has begun."

The first debate between the two out of 3 candidates will take place on September 29, a moment widely seen as a truly dramatic confrontation in the race that has so far seen Biden steadily progressing in the polls.

Meanwhile, Biden warned Russia against interfering in the elections, and said that he would make it pay a heavy economic price if it was proved that it interfered in the elections again.

The Director of the Federal Police, "FBI" (FBI) announced in a meeting with members of Congress that he sees Russia's activity to interfere in the upcoming elections, especially through social media.