U.S. election officials say voting nationwide has been orderly [Video]

Polls have closed in most of the US while voting continues in some Western states as tens of millions of American voters went to the polls Tuesday to choose the country’s next leaders.

The voting process, officials said, has been going smoothly, even with issues caused by non-credible bomb threats from Russia that disrupted voting in several states.

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Some counties in battleground states have started processing mail-in ballots amid high turnout, with officials predicting results will be ready later in the night or Wednesday. But in other locations, polls will stay open later because of the disruptions during the day.

Several bomb threats at a few Michigan and Georgia polling places caused delays in the vote as security officials cleared the locations.

The threats “appear to originate from Russian email domains,” the FBI said midday Tuesday. “None of the threats have been determined to be credible thus far.”

Wisconsin also …