The weather might have an effect on voter turnout thus affecting the numbers at the polls. An upper level trough has brought snow to the mountains in the western portion of the U.S. In Virginia and North Carolina, where polls show both candidates in a virtual dead heat, rainy and windy weather will combat with voters there.
The rest of the U.S. doesn't look so bad with moderate temperatures appropriate for this time of year across the board. What possible effects this will have on the election is yet to be seen, but certainly Virginia and North Carolina will feel the effects if nothing else.
As if the bad weather in Virginia weren't enough, there have been reports of problems with the voting machines. In Richmond Virginia, a breakdown of the electronic voting machines "led to a three-and-a-half hour wait to vote".
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