On Election Day in New Jersey, the polls have officially closed, and millions of residents across the Garden State have cast their ballots — whether by mail, in person today or during the state's first early voting session — whether by mail, in person today or during the state's first early voting session.

After reports of voting problems across the state in connection with a new electronic system to verify voters' identities, a Superior Court judge denied a request by the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey and the League of Women Voters to extend voting hours to 9:30 p.m. in a last-minute decision.

New Jersey voters choose a governor, as well as 40 seats in the state Senate and 80 seats in the state Assembly. Gov. Phil Murphy, a Democrat, is competing against Republican rival Jack Ciatterelli and his running mate Diane Allen with Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver. They were also up against three other independent candidate slates.